In anticipation of the BCBR, the weekends usually find us working at our second jobs. Luckily that job is riding our bikes. On a typical weekend, we are putting in two 5hr days. This weekend was a bit different with a race on Saturday. Dave wasn't able to go so I had the fly the Velo Bike Shop/Cherry Street colors solo. It was a gorgeous day East of the pass. Sun was out. Nice breeze. 70 degrees. Couldn't have asked for better conditions. And we finally got our new team kits this week. So all the stars were aligned for a good day of racing. The course consisted of 3 laps of a 4 mile climb (1800ft gain) followed by a 4 mile descent down a road riddled with water bars. I felt good on the climbs and good on the 2nd and 3rd descents. All in all, I ended up taking 8 minutes off of my best record on the course. After the race, it was straight to the beer garden for a double cheeseburger and a glass of New Belgium Beer. Amy and I did not want to leave the sun and come home. Sure enough, an hour after we left the sunny skies of Leavenworth, we were sitting in the rain at the pass. We cursed ourselves for not staying another day to ride in the sun! Sunday was another five hour group ride. Despite the camaraderie of riding with friends, my legs were cooked from the racing and my morale was dampened by the clouds sitting over Seattle. At least it wasn't raining. But it sure wasn't the sun from the day before.
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