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Anybody else feeling like giving up out there in that weather today?

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  • 02-03-2014 5:22pm
    #1
    Briando
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭


    Dont give up, be awesome.

    Felt like a very wet boiled ****e out there today.


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    Diggabot
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭Diggabot


    Briando wrote: »
    Dont give up, be awesome.

    Felt like a very wet boiled ****e out there today.

    My last 15km were in a driving rain. I was buzzing when I got home. Am I alone in deriving a sadistic pleasure in riding in those conditions :-)


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    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,442 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    3hrs in the rain, nothing keeps you dry in that, so I was nicely marinated by the time I got back - and feckin cold too. Even a hot shower failed to wake my toes up fully.

    Still, bad day on the bike better than a good day working..........:)


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    Anto12
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    Was tough going alright,thankfully all the climbing was done before the heavy rain came.. Glad to get in the doors and get a hot shower with a big mug of coffee after it


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    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    Briando wrote: »
    Dont give up, be awesome.

    Felt like a very wet boiled ****e out there today.

    I did at one point. I had just left the house when the rain hit. Now I know why some of you guys wear surgical gloves under your bike gloves. I was drenched by the time I got to Dun laoghaire.

    Persevered though and managed another 40km to do my first ever 60km ride.
    Diggabot wrote: »
    Am I alone in deriving a sadistic pleasure in riding in those conditions :-)

    I tend to love cycling in the rain but today was just grey, dull and miserable!


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    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    6 hours cycling today. The first 2 hours were absolutely beautiful.

    Then it became a world of ****!


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    Paco Rodriguez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Paco Rodriguez


    quozl wrote: »
    6 hours cycling today. The first 2 hours were absolutely beautiful.

    Then it became a world of ****!

    6 hours??? Did every traffic light on your route malfunction or something?


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    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Paco Rodriguez wrote: »
    6 hours??? Did every traffic light on your route malfunction or something?

    I'm just stupid and decided to do a long spin today as the weather forecast said it was going to be OK. They lied.

    Out at 7:20am and it was gorgeous, sunny and not a breath of wind. It peaked in misery around 10:30am but I was far from home by then so no option to give up. I was actually shivering thanks to being soaked through and moderate wind :(


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    Amprodude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    Briando wrote: »
    Dont give up, be awesome.

    Felt like a very wet boiled ****e out there today.

    Well my motivation is I have missed pretty much three weeks of training due to flu which frustrated me, so I'm back now and unless its snowing or we get hurricanes I won't be giving up too easy to rainy weather. I don't mind the rain once I have warmed up properly before the downpours.


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