I felt surprisingly good this morning. I had some telltale aches last night that made me think today was going to pose problems, but that wasn't the case. Today's problem was torrential rain.
I covered 30km before stopping for breakfast, and the moment I stepped inside the restaurant the sky opened up. Although I wasn't expecting rain today, I'm usually okay to ride in it. But after getting soaked yesterday and spending the day in wet clothes, I just didn't have it in me to do that two days in a row.
I panicked and immediately searched for a motel close by and booked a room. The rain eventually stopped and I started kicking myself because the reservation was non refundable and I couldn't bring myself to eat the cost.
I don't like losing a riding day if I don't have to, but this might have turned out for the best. Even though I feel okay, I have to remind myself that I'm just starting this tour and my body isn't used to long rides yet. With 165km covered yesterday and the 160km planned for today I would've been asking for an injury. This way I get to split 160km over two days, and since I originally planned to take tomorrow off, I don't lose a riding day anyway.
So today I relaxed, wandered around Fort Erie and did a little watercolor painting from one of my pics of the falls yesterday.
And sure enough, the rain came back so I think I made the right call.
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