Efforts 'n' Rain

Yesterday John, Craig and I head south to the hills. Things started out innocent enough with talk of the summer's races, bike parts and girlfriends but once we hit the hills the animal instincts took over. We rallied up and down several hills, a couple town line sprints, and some good temp before we hit the eye of the storm. Things were rolling smoothly for a short time until...BAAAM!! I look back and Craig is haulted to a stopped on the side of the road....I had thought he went down for sure. At first glance it looked like his frame broke, but it turns out his blue vest, same color as his bike, flew out his jersey pocket and into the rear wheel! It locked up his rear wheel and blew out his casing! Big props to Craig for keeping er up right and an even bigger props to Jess for picking him up! We rolled in just over four hours with some good efforts. Considering it was my first ride with threshold efforts my legs feel good today, but I was dissapointed to see rain slapping my window at 10am, but wait its actually 11am! I think today will be a trainer ride along side "interval maniac" Chase while watching the original Stars Wars flicks.

Quote of the day:
"You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there." -Richard Virenque

World is your playground!
Chad