I love the smell of the desert after it rains. Thursday evening we planned a north foothills ride and as soon as we were wheeling the bikes out of the garage the rain started coming down hard. Fortunately it passed quickly and we took off for a north foothills loop. We headed down the bike path and picked up the dirt trail next to Sims Park road and climbed up into Elena and cruised the trails till dark and headed home passing the Tram and water tanks along the way. Pino arroyo is still flowing as are others. So nice to be hearing running water up there. Temps were perfect and the singlespeed and legs were in a good mood. Got out on the pavement Tues and Wed on the Klein for some asphalt therapy. We thought about racing Cedro this weekend, but just couldn't get jazzed up with the idea. Should be a fun course and a challenge for the SS crowd to pick the right gearing. Fast and flowing to start, then finishing with some pretty challenging technical climbing on Coyote and Five Hills of Death. Really glad they put Cedro back on the racing schedule as there are some really great rides out there being so close to the big city. Glad it's Friday and hope to have some adventures to report from the weekend.