A Bad Ride and Worse Blogging

What the hell was up with Blogger yesterday?? Couldn't post. I know you were all heart broke. Anyway, here's yesterday's post today, and today's post later. Dig?

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Eeesh, when your gut says "maybe don't ride today", maybe, just maybe you should listen to it....

Spent the day it a bit of a funk. The weather was nice and warm, but I would be stuck at work 'till 5, leaving the following as my ride options" ...
1. Ride the trainer. Mmmm, no.
2. Drive 40 minutes to do some "legal" night riding. Ah, no.
3. Drive 10 minutes to do some legal night riding alone in a city park and risk being mugged.
4. Drive down the road, and do some an easy night ride on the rail trail. OK we have a winner!!!

Can't say I was all that geeked to ride the rail trail, but hey, I'd be outside, and not in my basement. So come 5 (or as close to 5 as I can stand) I chamoised up and headed out. It was starting to get dark fast so I reach up to turn the HID on, and NOTHING. So I stop, play with the button for a bit and it comes on. Now I'm thinking "I did charge it right? Should I keep going? Is the light as bright as normal?" I knew I wouldn't enjoy the ride with these thoughts going through my head, so I head back to the Soob.

So as I come up on the Soob I say "F-it" and keep going, but as I got about 100 yards down the trail it started to rain. F*CK! I had no rain gear and I didn't know if this was a passing shower or the beginnings of a steady rain, so I had to abort. Damn.

Oh well, shit happens. Can I put that 15 minutes down towards my annual hours?

Later.