It's after 9 pm and the temperature outside is 87F and people are starting to wish that a tropical depression will form in the Gulf of Mexico just for the rain. The "cold" water that comes out of the faucet lately is quite warm enough to shower with. Anyway, walking out the door this morning at 6 am was like opening the door to a walk-in oven. The group on the levee was looking kind of wilted right from the start, and without a word being said a general consensus was reached. There were no big surges, everybody took his pull, and the pace stayed steady today. Not that it was an easy ride, of course, but it was definitely a notch easier than the last few Tuesdays. The worst part of riding in this weather, though, is peeling of the sweat soaked clothes afterward. Well, that and the smell of your gloves after two or three days.
I got a quick report on the Meridian races from Mark. It just made me wish I'd been there even more. The turnout was good, the races were aggressive, and in general the races sounded like fun. GW got off the front in the Masters criterium and brought it home, which was pretty impressive, and there was a break near the end of the road race that also made it to the line ahead of the substantial group. Sharon just emailed me that she put up some photos from the races, too. You can even see Eric M. winning the criterium wearing those odd socks he always wears. Looked like the rest of the break was pretty much blown apart. With three of Eric's teammates, a few Myogenesis riders, some Memphis Motor Werks guys, and a few Herring riders, it must have been a good one.
Speaking of hot, Tulane made the 25 Hottest Schools list. Specifically, it was "Hottest on the Rebound." The best, though, had to be Harvard, which was "Hottest for Rejecting You." Must have been a slow news week...
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