Went for an hourlong walk in the early morning when it had just stopped raining. During the walk, there were a couple of times when the rain came back fairly vigorously, so I was quite wet by the end. Got home, had a little yogurt and made coffee, then rode the scooter (the weather looked like it was clearing) over to the WWC for a swim. Again, it was more crowded than I would have expected, with Cathy, Kevin, and Blaine all there at the start. Swam for 2250 yds, finishing in about 46 min. Last 250 yds were without pads or snorkel. The weather clouded over while I was swimming, and it was raining steadily by the time I finished. I changed in the locker room and almost texted John and Gary to say I wouldn't be joining them for coffee, but I decided to tough it out. The rain let up to a sprinkle for the ride over to HP, and I had a nice conversation with them and Brooke (she's going with Stephen and her family to Costa Rica at the end of the month). It rained briefly and heavily while I was there, but I got home during a lull in the storm, not so wet as the previous day. Then I continued working on the front disc brake pad replacement, which I had begun the previous evening. I was able to lubricate the pistons and get them to retract fairly well, but it took a number of tries. Based on this success, I went back to the rear brake and decided to try the same lubrication strategy. This was probably a mistake, since it was working okay (not fully spinning freely, but pretty close). Lubricating the pistons seemed to work, and it looked like they were fully retracted, but when I put the wheel on the pads were still rubbing against the rotor. Later in the afternoon, I removed the pads and inserted the spacer I borrowed from Gideon, along with a couple of extra plastic strips to try and push the pistons in a little further. That seemed to help a little bit, but the wheel is still not fully rotating. I'll try it out in the morning to decide if it's rideable for the Bisikleta ride, which will be a long one.
I finished Banana Ball and started Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, which is about the FLDS church and involves a gruesome murder of a wife and her baby right at the start. Banana Ball was a little better toward the end, as the author talked in more general terms about what fostering a creative atmosphere looks like and what his grand plans are for making this type of baseball more popular.
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