6/1 SUNDAY Ride

I feel like a broken record, a soggy broken record: Rain. Again. So, it looks like I'm going to have time to adjust that janky front derailleur on Saturday and maybe douse myself in some wood glitter. But on Sunday, let's go find the lake. Wheels roll at 8:00.

Garmin | Strava

5/25 SUNDAY Ride

Well, for pete's sake--if this isn't the soggiest, coldest spring I've seen in years! While I might risk dodging raindrops when temps are in the 70s, I am decidedly disinclined when it's 50°. That means we need to bump to Sunday, which looks to be fairly nice. 

Unfortunately, those of us doing the Memorial Day ride will likely be equally disinclined to do any substantial mileage just a day before. So I propose a course with options. 

Everything is based on the OOB ride, which is about 51 miles--more than I have to give, I'm afraid, but don't let me stop you. We can meet at 8:00 and pick the route that suits.

Option 1: Mitchell Hill-Ash Swamp-Highland (33) 

Option 2: Mitchell Hill-Ash Swamp-Cape (41)

Option 3: OOB-Boom Rd Backwards (51)

**FAIR WARNING** 

The tourists are out and OOB will be crawling with self-involved vacationers and phone zombies; choose this route at your own risk.

5/18 SUNDAY Ride

New plan, sports fans: we were supposed to do Raymond Hills this weekend but, absent divine intervention, I don't see any time window dry enough for that to happen safely. Saturday is another complete washout and Sunday's rain is due to start around 2:00, so we need to pivot.

In order to get us more climbing and some distance options, I think we go back to Pineland via the hilly route and hope to do the long route home that takes us to West Durham and Freeport after, but I think we may well need to take the Rte 231/Cumberland/Longwoods shortcut home to stay dry. We'll check the weather once we hit Pinelands.

Wheels roll at 8:00

May 17 Garmin | Strava	May 24
Memorial Day

5/11 SUNDAY Ride

We can't seem to catch a break, can we? Saturday looks like another complete washout. I don't see any choice but to bump to Sunday. That said, being Mothers' Day, I'd like to schedule for later in the morning, so as not to ruin any breakfast plans.

The goal is Wild Oats but, as you know, there are many shorter options, so pick your poison. If someone has Strava maps for the courses below that are missing them, share a link with me and I'll add it.

Wheels roll at 10:30

May 10
	Wild Oats 66 Strava | Garmin Little Dog 64 Strava | Garmin Maquoit Rd 57 Strava | Garmin Highland Rd 51 Strava | Garmin Freeport 34 Strava | Garmin
May 17	May 24
Memorial Day

White Mountain Tune-up Series (Readers' Digest Condensed Version)

The weather has just been disastrous this spring, interfering with our Legs of Steel training--we may need to settle for Legs of Fairly Substantial Aluminum this year. 😣

I had hoped to start with our traditional Old Orchard ride, but it's four weeks until Memorial Day: we have a long way to go and a short time to get there, so maybe we save that one for the 24th. 

Let's do Hilly Pineland tomorrow. The rain may threaten our journey home, so we can take a shortcut back from Pineland--most of the work is done on the front side.

The rest of abbreviated schedule is laid out below. If you have any different thoughts/alternatives, feel free to let me know.

Wheels roll at 8:00.

Garmin | Strava

May 10	May 17
May 24	Memorial Day