With dwindling numbers for the Monday St. Louis downhill, I opted out and went home for a quick spin on the ‘cross. The cloud cover was light and scattered, but the heavy vog made it look like it was raining or about to. The heavy, humid air added to the illusion. With the arrival of spring, I am expecting my allergies to start acting up. There was a bad week a couple of weeks ago, coinciding with the avocado blooms. Along my route, I could see the monkeypod and Formosa koa trees starting their blooming, so I am expecting something bad to happen in the immediate future from the pollen along with the vog. Circuiting the course on the 1.25 slicks was so much faster than on fat knobbies, but the lack of suspension forced me to stick to the nicer pavement, taking some of the side-loops out of the laps. I was paying attention to standing climbs to help with Thursday Tantalus rides. Hopefully my shoulder doesn’t give me trouble tomorrow…
D = 16.00 km (9.94-miles), Vavr = 22.0 km/h (13.7-mph), Vmax = 44.8 km/h (27.8-mph), T = 44-minutes
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