Saturday brought on the Taylor House benefit road ride. 95 miles, a great course, and we had fabu weather. 7:00am start, and we were off with a police escort through town. Within 10 miles I was at the back of the lead group of 25 riders. The other 100+ were out of sight behind us. Some of the faster riders in the lead group pulled over for a pee break 1 hour in and I just wasn't ready to make a stop for the call of nature. So I climbed onto the back of some rider from Phoenix and soft pedaled waiting for the fast guys, but then the ineveitable - I did have to stop for a pee break. I'm 1/2 way through my little break and the fast guys come by like a house on fire. Long story short, I tried to catch back on but never got closer than 3 minutes. I rode 50 miles solo, before latching on with Fireman Cory and some other dude. We drilled it back into town and hit the finish at 12:00pm on the dot. 95 miles, 5 hours at an average heart rate of 158, and 5000 calories burned. I'm hungry.
D is out at the Mountain Man Triathlon this morning offering massages to distressed athletes. This is a great event with hundreds of tri-geeks out there hammering away - today its cool and cloudy - optimal conditions for them.
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