End of a Week

It was another long ride Thursday morning on the levee, and I was in the mood to get a good workout. You see, I'd completely forgotten about the Wednesday training race, and when I walked out of the office around 5:45 it was way too late to make it. I guess I'd been kind of preoccupied all day between checking on Masters Nationals results and, well, WORK. Anyway, the Thursday ride was goood, if unremarkable, and as is usual this time of year I arrived back home wet, tired and hungry. For some reason my legs have felt kind of sore all week, even though I've been trying to give them a little rest. After I got home I noticed I'd received a text message. It was from Tim who said he and Jen had been at the hospital since 2 am and that the baby was almost there. A few hours later I checked back and by then there was a new baby girl in the family. Later that day I got a call from Gina who was on her way to Louisville for her criterium on Friday, having finished up her Residency in Emergency Medicine a few days ago. Since she'll be starting work in a few weeks, she figured she'd have some fun in the interim, even though she was pretty out of shape. Checking the results this morning I see that she didn't finish. Vivian, who rode in a different age group, placed in the 20s in her race the same day. The Herring guys are racing today.

So this morning I had a nice easy ride with just a couple of other riders up on the levee. Since a lot of people don't have work today, including me, the bike path was pretty busy. In particular, I noticed a whole lot of women this morning. Later today I'll be heading up to Oxford, MS with Sam and Rich for a couple of races up around Ole Miss. Kenny, Woody and Scott are supposed to be going there right after their nationals criteriums on Saturday. Looks like it'll be a hot weekend, and I don't feel very well prepared for this one. Oh well. Situation normal.