Another rainy ride...

I feel great today. I got to bed early last night, had a great sleep and woke up just in time to watch the last 30 km of the Tour de France. I loved watching Lance earn a 3rd place finish. He stayed with the lead group going up that last hill and it didn't look like he was suffering at all. I also read that Lance is coming back next year as part of a new American team which will be team Radio Shack.

What a coup on Radio Shacks part. He'll be promoting them as part of Livestrong and they'll be promoting Livestrong at their 4400 stores. The interesting part about the press release is that Lance will be riding for Team Radio shack in next years Tour and also in some triathlons. I know Lance has said he wants to do the Ironman, and compete. I wonder if it will be this year. When he does the Ironman I'm sure it will be a huge boost for the sport. I'm also sure he won't have to qualify like the rest of us.

I still haven't decided when I'm going to drive to Lake Placid. I think I may go after dinner and drive half way. I want to see the kids when they get back and I'll see if either of them want to come with me. I was thinking about going this morning, bringing my bike, and do my long ride when I got there. But after seeing that Lake Placid is raining with thunder and lightening, I decided to do my long ride at home. I'm still going to take my bike and do a ride at Lake Placid on Monday.

Today's ride was another wet one, for the last hour and a half it was raining pretty good. The bright side is that when I got home it started to rain a lot harder. I must have stopped 4 times on today's ride to keep adjusting my seat. Two of the times, another cyclist would ride by me, which I didn't mind, it gave me someone to chase and pass. I was happy with the ride, it felt like one of my easier ones and when I got home it didn't even feel like I trained. My legs felt fresh.

Long Bike - 3:08:14 / 101.90 km / 32.4 kph / 127 avg hr