wet wet wet

Friday was cold and steady rain the whole time i was out on my bike.... saturday was sun sun sun.  Today i had off.... TOMORROW looks like rain rain rain... they are 4casting a "weather bomb" which means severe weather... wind, rain but unlikely to be as cold as Friday as wind from NE.  I'm taking no chances... bringing all my clothes with me as expected to get very wet.  Mite even trial bare legs vs covered legs as found that my long pants got saturated and hence made matters worse.... so this time mite just wear shorts.... the shorter the better. Also gonna try not wearing socks.  Clothes are wierd... its like when your bitten by certain animals... like a large snake.... you gotta do the opposite to your instinct... in the case of the snake (anaconda) to free your arm or legs etc you need to further into the mouth to get the teeth out of your flesh before freeing yourself.  For clothes i found that in summer you stay cooler by COVERING UP... this stops the suns energy from heating your skin (this occurs even if you don't get sunburnt).  Conversely when very wet its best to leave your legs uncovered as most leg clothing gets soggy and makes matters worse.  Best to wear no socks too... sandals and jandals are ideal.  I'm trialing this tomorrow cos it is meant to be torrential rain the entire day.  My jacket is water proof and the top part if best covered up as vital organs need to stay warm.  no vital organs down below (well apart from you-know-where) and the legs are doing the work so will generate their own heat to keep warm.... thats the plan.  unfortunately i haven't got the postie sandals so are gonna trial wearing no socks in my shoes.  Not as good as sandals which allow the foot to drain excess water... but better then having to deal with soggy socks.  i'm going the full monty here... plastic bags to protect my mail, my change of clothes... one set for the bike and one set for when i finish the run.  Also bringing several towels with me...  its monday so should be light mail.... hopefully