Out the Door

Though I woke up in plenty of time, I was sorely tempted to sleep late this morning. I guess I stayed up too late last night vegetating across from the television. I think I rode the remote up and down the channel lineup twenty times, never finding anything of interest. I really wonder why I'm paying $50 a month to pipe commercials into my living room. Well, anyway, I did of course finally make it out that old door and onto the street where I knew I'd be happier.

I was surprised by the number of riders we had for the Friday ride. I guess there was a dozen today, and obviously some of them actually wanted to do some training. The usual 20 mph rule went out the window pretty fast, and with a little tailwind pushing us along the speed stayed in the mid-20s most of the way out. It's funny how everybody is Superman when there's a tailwind. After we turned around into the wind we were back down to 21 or so and most of the group got into a little circular paceline at the front.

Tomorrow we'll be doing a few laps of the Tour de La course, partially as a training ride and partially as a reconnaissance trip. A few of us (I hope) will stick around afterward and clean up the corners so they're not too bad for the race the following weekend.