The weather down here was spectacular today, and I'm sure the people at Jazz Fest made the most of it. I saw a number of groups of festival-goers riding dusty bikes in the direction of the Fairgrounds.
I left a little early this morning for the trip out to the lakefront to meet the Giro ride. Since I'm planning on doing a fairly long road race tomorrow morning, the plan today was to enjoy the ride and keep the intensity down. So I rode to meet the group at an easy pace and latched onto the back along Lakeshore Drive where the pace is always slow and conversational. The temperature was perfect, the wind was light and the sky was blue, and naturally the pace started to ramp up once we got over the Industrial Canal. I was being careful to stay protected today, and was surprised more than once to look down and find that we were rolling along at 27-29 mph. It is so easy at the back!! I have to admit, it was sometimes hard to resist the urge to get in on the action at the front, but I kept being reminded by a sore right calf to take it easy. It was kind of strange to finish the Giro ride and not feel wasted. I rode back home with Brady having been unsuccessful at finding anybody to come with me up to Meridian tomorrow for the race. I guess I'll be getting up at 4 am tomorrow so I can be there without breaking too many traffic laws.
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