Training objective: just a nice tempo ride with a cadence between 75-80 rpm's and the heart rate at 140-150 bpm's. Okay, a nice tempo ride, in this weather? You've got to be kidding! It was a wet and windy, tough slog out there - I thought I found a break in the rain, but it came down in buckets as I got closer to George. And the wind had me leaning the bike just to stay upright. Had to take it easy on a couple of downhill turns as the gravel had given way to sand so was pretty easy to lose the front wheel. As a bonus I have a nice pile of sand that was in my socks - about 2 tablespoons for the cooks in the crowd.... but, hey, when the coach says go out and train, you go out and train, right? #werideallweather