Decisions, decisions...

I'm doubting that I'm going to have time to ride today (Saturday). There's just too many things to do here to get ready for vacation. I leave next Friday, but most everything needs to be done this weekend as the week ahead looks to be busy already. My delimma is do I ride road tomorrow for the third Sunday in a row or do I go do a long mountain bike ride on Mill Mountain? Here's the thoughts on each.

Road Ride

• this would be the third week in a row
• won't be home for the next Sunday (@ the beach, will ride road there)
• the following Sunday is traveling
• not sure where I want to ride tomorrow if I do go for a road ride (30-40 miles)

Mill Mountain MTB

• trails at the Cove by all acccounts are a disaster area (mud, ruts, etc.)
• trails at Mill Mountain handle the rain very well and are likely rideable
• trails at Mill Mountain are either all up or all down
• to get a long ride in there would be repitition of trails

I really want to get in a MTB ride, but I don't particularly want to muddy the bike up too much as there isn't time to clean it up before leaving for the beach. I guess I could just do another road ride. After all, it's probably doing more for my cardio than anything right now. The rain is killing me during the week. By the time I get home from work, it rains and I don't get to ride. I had hoped to ride after dinner recently (even in the dark) on Mill Mountain, but I swear it's rained every day that I've not had gym time scheduled.

Thinking ahead to racing, I guess my next race will either be July 12 in Charlottesville, VA or July 19 at Carvin's Cove. I could do the Mill Mountain Time Trial, but do I want to do that with racing Sport on the 19th? Sheesh. More decisions.

I think I'll go back to packing and cleaning now.