Spent the weekend around the house with Amy and Rhea rather than going to Boone for the Iowa Games Road Race. Rhea was not feeling the greatest and I felt guilty leaving by myself; there will be other races. We did make it out to one of the local golf shops, I'm looking for new clubs, but we found nothing that I was willing to part with money for. Patience is key. It's just like shopping for the right bike, only Cannondale doesn't make golf clubs so it's a little harder to find something that I like and will work for my style. ;)
The VW was finished up last week and I picked it up from the body shop on Friday, good as new. I then drove it home, swapped the roof rack back over from Amy's Honda Pilot, and then parked it in the garage for the weekend. I am enjoying the bicycle commute way too much so I will stick with it for now. Speaking of the commute, yesterday was a great one. The ride to work was uneventful but the ride home was a dandy one. After changing into my riding clothes, I put my sandles back at my desk figuring that it was one less thing that I had to carry back and forth everyday. I then hoped onto my SystemSix and proceeded to make for home and realized about a mile down the road that I did not have my camera in my pocket. I had brought my camera to work to document my ride in and to show some pictures to a coworker, which I never did either. I pulled over to the curb and went through my bag, twice, but could not locate my camera. I assumed that I left it on my desk and just continued home. Once I arrived at Rhea's daycare, I took my shoes off and opened my bag only to remember that I had left my sandles at work. Brilliant!! Rhea and I usually walk home from daycare everyday, weather permitting of course. It's a good time to unwind and hang out while checking out the heighborhood. Since road shoes/cleats are not "walking friendly" I decided that the best option was to walk the final 1/2 mile home in my socks. That pretty much sucked. Rhea decided that she didn't want to walk and wanted to ride on my shoulders instead. So, messenger bag over one shoulder, diaper bag over the other, pushing bike with left hand and holding onto Rhea's leg with the right. That had to be a sight for anyone who saw us walking home. of course, now my heels are a little sore, I must be a little soft in that area. After arriving at home, I opened my bag to get my regular clothes back out and what did I find? My camera...in plain sight...duh. Grrrrrr.
Suffice it to say, I think that I will be cruising the CX bike to work from now on, or at least until the Bianchi is ready to go, since it is sporting mountian bike pedals and hence the corresponding mountainbike shoes which are much more "walking friendly".
This morning, I was running a little on the late side at the start and I ended up setting a new record for my arrival to work. 16 minutes. Normally it is a 20-22 minute spin to keep the sweat at a minimum so today I spent about five minutes standing in front of the air conditioner to get cooled back off. I did make it to work on time by the way too.
Blue seems to be stuck in Florida for the time being. He went down last week for some business and now it looks like he may experience his first hurricane. I'll pass on that one. Hopefully he will be back before this weekend, otherwise I may be driving to Pella for the State Crit Chamiponships all alone. That should be a fun drive.
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