Rain Delay

A single race weekend meant we could actually ride our bikes on Saturday. It was a great 3 hours riding some of the roads used in old editions of Tour of the Hilltowns. A great way to enjoy a day off for sure.

Sunday brought the Donavan Ruhlman Memorial Criterium in Naugatuck CT. It's a nice 3 corner crit right in downtown and the best part is that it starts at 1pm so we got to have a nice breakfast at home before hitting the road. The day had just 4 races, and the Masters 35+ was run as a win and out so that was kind of neat. Of course it took a LOT of explaining to the riders on that format. The track guys definitely had the advantage there.


The storm before the storm

The weather forecast had mentioned showers, so early in the day we set up all the tent sidewalls and umbrellas just in case. Sure enough as we got to the halfway point in the Pro race the skies opened up. Which wouldn't normally be a problem, but there was a fair bit of lightning, so the race was pulled off the course for about 20 minutes until the worst had passed. It's always tough to stop a race midway through, and the riders understandably get grumpy, but we had been watching the weather radar and it just didn't look safe to race. Rain is one thing, but lightning is just too much. Driving home we saw plenty of storm damage along the way, lots of downed trees and washouts- Naugatuck had just caught the edge of the storm apparently.

Next week we travel out to New York for two days of racing in the Hudson Valley.