Train in the rain.

" Up hill is
Standing Practice.

Downhill is Legspeed Camp."

Such were the words blaring from the radio.

On the road, the cyclists rode in two columns around the fairly flat neighborhoods of Cully and Concordia, but as they trained, in the cold torrential rain, it seemed the land had increasingly more hill to it. Inclines began to require standing, or shifting down. The downhill invited everyone to spin!

The team pulled off into THE PARK (see here) to ride at an individual self regulated speed for a while. Then moms got a chance to ride at an adult even tempo for a bit. Practicing the draft.

Soon it was time to form up and roll out onto the street again.

Once out there on the streets of Cully again, the intensity increased. Usually Elante and Cynthia set tempo at the front when the team was traveling in two columns, but others like Matrim and Mattie would come to lead the team through fast downhill lefts or right hand turns.

In the rain, this long sustained focus and tempo demanded it's due price from these intrepid athletes. They groaned with fatigue, but sprinted full speed in the end.