End of the Day

The clock is closing in on midnight and I think I've got things more or less under control for tomorrow.  The day started with a ride in the dark to meet the Giro Ride group.  The turnout was surprisingly small, perhaps because of the 2-Person Time Trial scheduled for tomorrow morning. The air was warm and humid as we headed out down Hayne Boulevard, and by the time we were halfway to Paris Road the pace had already gotten fairly fast. Things stayed that way until we briefly slowed down at Chef Highway, but by the time we were a mile down the road we had a fast paceline going.  I was skipping pulls now and then, but somehow ended up on Brett's wheel when he decided to put the hammer down for the final kilometer.  I was going pretty much flat out just trying to stay in the draft.  When we finally turned around I was surprised how few people were left in the group.  The ride back was a lot slower, probably because much of it was straight into the rapidly growing headwind. 

I spent most of the afternoon repairing screens on the front porch, and it wasn't until 8 pm or so before I finally got busy organizing things for tomorrow's 2-person time trial.  I'll be both officiating and riding, as I've done a few times in the past.  I guess it took be a few hours to print out the release forms for the pre-registered riders, copy a bunch of blank ones, and organize everything that I will need tomorrow.  It's all kind of staged down in the basement right now:  Bike, race bag with helmet, shoes and skinsuit, pop-up shelter race clock and stand, finish line flag, PA system, generator, gas can, chairs, and two bins holding clipboards, paper, stopwatches, etc.  I'm tired.....