definition of insane?

This week on the bike maybe kind of it.

Weather - it has been hitting the mid 90°s all week until today. And has been sunny, some days more humid than others. I need an adaptive overnight setting on the AC so it tracks one or two degrees cooler than ambient so I don't wake up with the system saying "we're not going to move any air and make it gross because it is now cooler and super humid outside than inside" but thanks to modern technology and a free wifi thermostat i can pull it up on my ancient little phone and dial it down a degree or two and boom, ah sleeping much better.

And this week more than any i've been asked "I can't believe you rode in today!"

Use that as an indicator is probably better than the weather as to how adverse it is.

Smackdown on Tuesday night. It was hot.

Light turnout and that was perfect. No Bailey, Wells or Kessler, we did have Alec B, Fuller, Goldberg, Jason and...  um oh Orlando showed up by the Italian bakery, was on the far side of the road and nearly got run over trying to cross and join us.

Knowing what I had planned for Wed I deliberately kept it kind of chill, full regroup, the group stays together. Strava title was that homage, the musketeer thing. All for one one for all. We went as hard as we could where we could, and we aggressively re-grouped. We weren't slow but we weren't super fast but it was a good ride. A good day on the bike. And Goldberg got to finish the ride with everyone.

Wed? July's NECX HOTM (hundo of the month) so yeah I started it in May...  gotta get a 100 miler every month until April to complete the challenge.

Gonna start getting less easy. Also we kind of picked probably not one of the best days to spend on the bike.

Strava has the stuff...  link it later maybe I will.

128.8 miles total. Down to westport and back. it was exposed. it was wikked hot in the interior, and it was pretty brutal.

But we finished.

THEN the TT last night. First night for me on the old Paramount. Left my backpack in the office because there was a chance of no car being there. Rode there and home wearing that aero helmet that is too small, that was pretty tortuous. 14 people showed up. Golberg and Dean did the timing. Had a few challenges, Wells got lost, his phone died and some people freaked out a bit. But he turned up at home okay.

My legs were hurting, while i PR'd on Brown on the way there, it was a struggle and felt like I could have been going faster.

Garber started only 2 min behind me and surprisingly didn't catch me until part way down Reynolds. I faded hard but not hard enough for Kessler to catch me, he could see me but never caught me so that was super cool..

I wasn't sub-19 but hey I rode 128.8 miles in the heat yesterday and def didn't eat enough food wed night or during the day on thursday. could have really actually used an extra heaping pile of carbs.

But next week. We'll see what happens. It'll be fun. We'll have a good time and now I've gotta race back home to hang out with the kid and her friend (sleep-over tonight but she has big plans for today and tomorrow morning).

super brief... instagram has a bit more...  strava...

i'll write em up this afternoon if they are doing their thing and I put my feet up and chill for a precious blessed minute.

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