Perfect!

After Pando my El Mariachi had to go straight to the Ada Bike Shop. Ted (my mechanic) had to give it some major bike love as I managed to go through a brand new set of brake pads in 5.5 hours. My fork lockout was also jammed with mud and my bike would barely shift. What can I say? I like to keep Ted busy :-)

Yesterday I picked up my bike and immediately went for a 3-hour endurance ride. I felt like my bike was brand new. Not only was my bike riding great, but my legs felt great. I love days like that :-) I was having so much fun riding my bike that I kind of lost track of time on the trail until I noticed that it was getting dark...oops!

Needless to say the last half hour of my endurance ride turned into a 30 minute time trial effort. I keep forgetting that it's getting darker earlier (boo) and I had to beat the setting sun...

It was completely dark by the time I turned into our driveway and I was pretty sure that everyone would be worried about the fact that I was riding in the dark.

Not so much...in fact, I don't think anyone bothered to look up :-)

The crit national championships are this weekend and they are only a 15 minute bike ride away from my house. I absolutely can't wait. The only problem is that I'm schedule for longer rides this weekend. That means I'm going to have to wake up really, really early to get them done so that I can make it down to the races in time. I might have to ride with coffee in my water bottles!