Thwarted bike rides

I just can't seem to get an "outside ride" in this week.

Sunday, I got out on the trail early, only to see an absolute wall of people walking towards me. It was the MS Walk. I thought I might be able to cycle through them (it is a multi-use trail, they should have made room for me), but alas it was completely impossible. Usually when there is a big event using the trail, they post signs the weekend before. In this case, that didn't happen. I was not the only frustrated cyclist.

This morning I had the bright idea to ride before work. I normally just do the trainer on weekday mornings, but since my schedule was free of meetings I decided to go for it. The weather was cloudy, but otherwise looked OK. Fifteen minutes into my ride: downpour. Downpour to the extent I couldn't see in front of me. I don't mind wet conditions (I live in Seattle after all), but this was crazy. So I turned around and rode slowly and carefully back. Of course after that morning storm, it's been beautiful and sunny all day. Sigh.