I woke up, finished my carbo-loading for the race, put on my bib shorts and base layer, got dressed and packed, and was about ready to head out the door when I got notice the race had been canceled.  This wasn’t completely unexpected, as there was a chance of snow in the forecast.  Watching emails on the OBRA email list soon made it clear exactly what the conditions were like at Haag lake this morning.

The photo is thanks to Kevin over at Bike Dreams.

Probably a good idea to cancel the race.  And it’s been rescheduled for two weeks from now, when hopefully it’ll be 60 and sunny instead of 30 and snowing.

The problem I was then faced with was that it was before 7AM, my body thought it was before 6AM thanks to daylight savings time, and I was wearing bib shorts… what to do next?

It wasn’t a particularly hard problem to solve.  I went back to sleep.

The rest of the day was spent in a fairly productive manner.  I spent a while sanding the sides of my uncle’s utility trailer to remove flaking paint, and then decided to go on a ride.

It must have just been one of those days that’s not condusive to cycling, because even though it was nearly 50 degrees out, I was hit by hail from three separate storms in less than two hours.  I would have preferred snow – much less stinging.

Then I started on repainting the utility trailer and got three coats on one side of the boards.

After dinner, I won a close game of Scrabble with my aunt and uncle.  After forfeiting my first turn to exchange some horrendous tiles, I laid down trainee(s) for a modest 77 points and never gave up the lead from there.

Now I’m going to finish reading Watchmen, the graphic novel that the movie in theaters currently is based on.  I figured I needed to experience the story in its original form before seeing it in theaters.