The morning ride was a bit warmer today and indeed it was also a bit faster than usual. We had four or five riders, depending on when you took the tally, and a couple of the guys were keeping the pace up a little higher than usual for a Friday. By afternoon, I was ignoring my work trying to keep up with the Tour de Georgia. The "tour tracker" website was great, but as usual it wasn't working very well. There was no audio all day, and although we finally got live video toward the end, it died right about when things started to get interesting on Brasstown Bald. It seems that although the website itself and the servers were all in great shape, the infrastructure up on top of the mountain was somewhat lacking. The combination of a huge demand and a teeny tiny pipe clogged the system up pretty badly. So after following the race all the way there, we had no video of the key attacks near the end. Frustrating indeed, but then again I guess you get what you pay for!
I just finished throwing some clothes and stuff into a bag for my trip up to Brookhaven tomorrow morning for the Mississippi Gran Prix. To say that I'm not feeling very confident about this one would be a gross understatement. I'll be meeting Francis up in Hammond and then we'll go up the rest of the way together. Ed has offered us floor space in his hotel room, so that should be fun. This stage race starts with a road race in the morning followed by a 4-mile time trial that evening. As usual, I'm more worried about the time trial than the road race. The area is reasonably hilly, and so the TT starts out with a couple of good climbs. It's hard to keep from blowing up in those first couple of miles. The criterium on Sunday is fairly fast and non-technical, which is not exactly my cup of tea. Should be fun, though. The Cat. 1,2,3 field has a criterium tonight, but the rest of us don't start until Saturday.
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