Overlapping

It was even cooler this morning than yesterday. I was actually in double jersey mode. Granted, I go there at higher temps than most. When I awoke I had to check the outside temperature twice. Yes, it really was 62F. Nice. The wind was light and the sky was clear and it just doesn't get much better than that. There was a substantial group for the morning long ride on the levee and although it took me about ten miles to wake up and get myself back into the rotation, after that I was in no mood for a slow ride. With a light tailwind most of the way back, we had a really good training ride today. It was one of those days where the harder you pushed the better you felt.

I had been expecting to do the Rocky Mount races up in Shreveport, about 6 hours away, but for some reason completely spaced out on the fact that we have an election this Saturday and it's already too late to vote early. Ordinarily, I'd readily blow off an election in order to make a race weekend, but I just really need to vote in this one. So anyway, I kind of blew it, planning-wise.

Yesterday I spent a lot of time trying to work out how to put five groups on the 16.1 mile Tour de La road race course without overlapping. It's going to be pretty tight. If we go with two waves, our police cost goes up a lot and both the finish and the results get pushed back another couple of hours at least. The Cat. 5 road race may have to be only two laps in order to make sure the Cat. 1,2,3 field doesn't lap them. I think the women and juniors can make the two laps to their finish with a few minutes to spare unless they go really slowly or the Cat. 1,2,3s have a really fast first lap. If any two groups are going to overlap, I'd prefer that they be the experienced Cat. 1,2,3s and the smaller and slower Women and Juniors. Anyway, it's kind of holding me up a bit because the race distances are going to be influenced by the overlapping issue. With only 5 minute start intervals, it can get pretty close if the groups don't behave as expected.

The Daughter called from the Miami airport this morning, and I guess I won't hear from her until she's back from the Bahamas next week. I don't know what happens if you try to make a cellphone call from there, but it's got to be expensive.