Good Weekend

Work, cycling, and life in general have been keeping me pretty busy the last few days, and I'm by no means all caught up yet. Saturday started out with the Giro Ride. I had a feeling it would be nice and fast because the weather was excellent. I rode in arm and knee-warmers, but by the time the ride was over it was much, much warmer and I was very overdressed. I had been planning on laying low during this Giro Ride, since I wanted to do the northshore ride on Sunday. Nonetheless, I did end up doing some significant work here and there, which resulted in some sore legs and a very slow ride home into the wind.

As soon as I got home I had to run over to my father's place to help him install some lawn sprinkler plumbing, after which I needed to pick up some supplies for the club "banquet" that evening. I headed over to the local grocery store and picked up eight bottles of wine and a lot of beer, along with a few soft drinks, water, ice, etc. The banquet went off pretty well (there are a few photos). I always wish more people would show up for these, but I guess bike club parties don't always stack up too well against a lot of domestic responsibilities. Anyway, the food was great and we knocked off those bottles of wine pretty quickly.

Sunday morning I headed across the lake for the usual winter training ride at 8:00. Along the way I stopped in at Puccino's coffee since the usual Starbucks closed down last week. A tragedy, I know. At the ride we started with a group of about fifteen, although a few riders turned back early. The temperature started out in the 50s, but quickly rose well into the 70s. It felt great to be riding with bare knees for a change! Not only that, but we had a nice tailwind for the first twenty-five miles or so, which is pretty much the opposite of a typical winter training ride. Considering the results of the prior night's ad libitum wine consumption I was feeling pretty decent today. The group ended up with only eleven or so, and the result was a nice steady ride with relatively few stops for regrouping. By the time I got home, a bit after noon, my email inbox was crammed with stuff for work that needed to be done today. I think it's all ready to go now, and so I'll be delivering it to the President's house early tomorrow morning rather than doing my usual Monday morning ride. Anyway, I'm dead tired right now and so I'm going to sleep......