Started off on the wrong foot - literally - when I arrived for the ride sans bike shoes. But the good folks at The Bike Lane in Reston opened the store just for me and got me a new pair of shoes and cleats. So off we went on the ride. Weather forecast was right on the money with the promised scattered showers indeed populating our ride on and off, with some of them real gully washers. But we persevered and made the most of it. After completing the first leg and the Ashburn loop, I decided we hadn't gone far enough so we should do another half-loop for some extra mileage. And the weather looked pretty good at this point. Of course, I rode us right back into the rain with some nice dark clouds and even some thunder claps when we got back to the Ashburn trail crossing. So we beat feat back to Reston, getting absolutely drenched for a while through to almost Sterling, and then it pretty much cleared the rest of the way. Logged around 40.5 miles so more than a metric century but not quite an English century. Still pretty good considering the circumstances.
2012 Reston Century - Half Metric Plus by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details
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