Fast Forward

This weekend sure has gone by fast! I've been a busy little worker bee this weekend, but at least I was able to get in both Giro rides. Saturday's Giro had some good fast sections in the usual locations (along Chef Highway, for example), although the group was particularly disinterested in riding hard on the way back. A few of us ended up rolling down the road to get in a better workout.

Then I hustled over to the office and packed the old Volvo full of stuff for the NCURA conference being held a few blocks away at the Fairmont Hotel. I think I had to make like five trips back and forth to the car. Anyway, I got it all delivered, and then stayed until around 6 p.m. stuffing packets and organizing name badges and that sort of thing.

That evening The Wife decided she wanted to spring for a new air conditioner for the living room, which was nice since we have been using the one that had been in The Daughter's bedroom and of course that one is going to need to go back. So we head out to Sears and pick up a 12,000 BTU a/c, which worked great until we turned on the TV and a/c in our bedroom, at which point the circuit breaker blew. I was afraid of that! Our old house is wired in a completely haphazard manner, and it seems like all of the wall outlets in the front of half of the house are on the same circuit. We discovered that as long as the TV wasn't on, we could run both air conditioners, so it was OK, but I'm going to have to fix it soon. Luckily all of the wiring in question is readily accessible from the basement, and I know which circuit I can tap into without overloading anything, but it will have to wait until Tuesday when I can go pick up a nice grounded outlet and some wire and do a little ad hoc re-wiring. An electrical inspector would have a heart attack if he saw my house!

There are a few people I know riding the Joe Martin Stage Race this weekend. I hope I can get an update some time soon. I keep telling myself I should do that race, but something always seems to get in the way. I checked with Gina, who is riding the women's pro/1/2 race and she said she had great legs for the first stage on Friday until she dropped her chain on a hill and ended up finishing like 15 minutes down. It looks like it will be a hard race. Around 60 women, she said.

This morning's Giro was the usual smaller, less intense group that we get on Sundays, although there were a few good fast stretches and I got a good workout out of the 65 miles I put in. I was in the mood for some sprint work, and so made some pretty good efforts here and there and especially on my favorite overpasses.

In a few minutes I have to head back to the conference hotel for the welcome reception where I'm hoping there will be some food and wine, but I won't be able to hit the French Quarter tonight since The Daughter is due back around 10:30 and it's also The Wife's birthday. I should really get her a present soon. She always says she needs clothes, but that just ain't gonna happen.