Is what I did today for our entire ride, but that’s nothing new as I love to sing even though I don’t always know all the words. We woke up to a pretty good downpour, so took our time getting ready to ride out. When it became a drizzle we both said “let’s do this”. We know that this is the forecast for Thailand as it’s the beginning of their rainy season through September now. I can’t believe I actually said or am now typing that it was enjoyable to pedal in the rain today. After the three days of intense heat and hills it was a nice break with the mid 20 degree Celcius temps all day. We are thankful that we learned from our training rides on ALC to just take it slow and stay away from the painted lines and big puddles. There is something different about cycling in the tropical rains, as refreshing and still so beautiful.
One our our teammates Morris, was always singing when we trained and did the ALC with him in 2016. It always brought a smile to our face during a long day in the saddle and helped when climbing some of the local hills in SD. So today I channeled my best Gene Kelly voice and of course sang Singin’in the Rain. Some other favorites of mine are: (but not Tim’s 🤭)
“What the World need now, is love sweet love, It’s the only thing”
GO CUBS GO, GO CUBS GO, Hey Chicago whatya say the Cubs are gonna WIN today!
and anything by ABBA, Beyonce, or Pink
After four days in the saddle, we’ve decided to take a rest day tomorrow and will do our laundry in a proper washing machine and air dry in our room. We hope all our family and friends had a great holiday weekend back home in the states. No pictures today as there wasn’t time to stop and risk getting even more wet.
Start Time & Temp. 8:30am, 24C (75F)
Saddle Time 2:34:11
Distance 54km (33.5 miles)
Elevation 50m (164ft)
End Time & Temp. 11:20am, 22.7C (72.9F)
My kind of elevation for the day! Thanks for all the great posts. The majority of my Training Rides for the first three years were up in San Francisco. My first (and still favorite) TRL’s name is Kurt Schade and he was a singer. He got me up more hills that way and I learned to sing on rides too. Great for the breathing and it passes the time. If it wasn’t for singing, I would never have made it up Quadbuster. And, who can ever forget the infamous day two in 2012, talk about singing in the rain. Good times and thanks for the nice reminder of them.
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head!!!!!! I Can See Clearly Now 😆😁😄
🤣🧡🚴🎤🌧️