Home sweet home! Its fun to travel, but its nice to be back home. Own bed. Back in the grove of things. And yes, back to cycling! How I missed you Trek!

Spent a good deal of the morning catching up on porjects, deadlines and writing. Then it was time to show some love to my bike. How I missed thee!

Wanted to ride 50 miles, but had to settle for 25 instead. Back to the hills. It was humid out. But it felt great to ride again!

I can’t believe that in 2 weeks I will be on a plane heading to South Dakota. Yikes. But I know I have trained hard. I am ready. 100 miles here I come!

Photo by Moriza

Tuesday’s are always long training days. I always pray I make it through them.

And, being Tuesday, means “ride day”. Hopped on the bike & was greeted by a nice & chilly 60 degree wind. Guess the humidity took a vacation this morning. No complaints from me! So much for my PR the other day. Not sure what was up with my legs, but they would NOT get with the program! Rode on despite that half of my body was not in agreement. Saw a few deer. Told them to go back to bed. I think the cars+drivers were telling me the same thing. I really think they would like to eat me for breakfast sometimes!

In the end, rode 25 miles in 1:38. Thanks baby (aka, Trek 5000) for hanging with me.

Photo by Sudhamshu