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Gorgeous sunrise on LFP today.  So glad Spring is only a few days away!!!

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Didn't see many folks on the lfp this morning from 7-7:30. Damn it was wet and windy!

Since a tropical climate is apparently our new reality, I think I need better rain gear.

A few years ago a man in Vancouver was running during a thunderstorm, listening to his iPod, when lightning struck a nearby tree. The electricity was conducted through the wet ground and into the runner, throwing him about eight feet from the tree. The electricity, focused on the metal wires of his earbuds, caused linear burns on his chest, neck, and ears. Both of his eardrums were ruptured, too, although this may happen with any lightning strike, not just a lightning strike while wearing earbuds.

I wasn't too worried about getting hit by lightning this morning, but I am giving anyone who walks by my office an eye-full of my pants as I try to get them dry enough to wear this evening. 
Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 


For days like today cycling sandals are great. Your feet get wet but the rubber sandals don't mind getting wet. You don't have any socks to get wet and a towel at your destination is all you need to feel dry. 


JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 

these are ugly, and not exactly sporty, but guess what...on a deluge like this morning...my feet and shoes were perfectly dry:

 

 

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SERVUS-Overboot-4CY13?Pid=search

JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 

NICE on LFP today!  A little headwind, but hey, that's just a better workout, right?

 

Agreed.  I haven't ridden to work in a couple of weeks and I was rather surprised by how many people were on the path at 7 a.m.  A bit more than there were when it was only 50 degrees at 7 a.m.



in it to win it said:

NICE on LFP today!  A little headwind, but hey, that's just a better workout, right?

 

Today I took Clark to my office. Saw a bunch of cyclists.  Yeah!
I think I saw 0 other cyclists this morning.
And they'll protect you from lightning too!

iggi said:

these are ugly, and not exactly sporty, but guess what...on a deluge like this morning...my feet and shoes were perfectly dry:

 

 

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SERVUS-Overboot-4CY13?Pid=search

JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 
They could even give the wearer a money-back guarantee if they do get struck by lightning!

H3N3 said:
And they'll protect you from lightning too!


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