Put up some stunning numbers today in a ride around the parc with Sheri.

This was my longest ride of the year time wise. It felt great (I guess when you go that easy it would be kind of pathetic if it felt bad). Fantastic weather today, sunny, kinda windy and about 13-14C. We bumped into Keir and chatted with him for a bit. Today was my first ride with the compact crank. I’m a big big fan. I think everyone who’s outa shape or just riding to ride around should have one. It’s fantastic. Honestly even if I ever got fit enough to tool around in a local race again I think it would be fine. The one I have on has a 46 big ring… and I found it nice and comfy to ride 38-41kph on a 46×13/14 — Not that I spent much time riding that fast! I can’t even imagine ever needing to drop it in the 11 even. It will be great for riding up the passos in Italy the next two weeks.

Sheri was cranky for the first 40min today. It was her first day riding her regular road bike. She has been riding her cross bike all spring and she found the position shift uncomfortable and rigid wheels harsh etc etc. By the end of the ride she was feeling more normal on it.

Today I’m going to try to lay out all the stuff I’ll need on the trip and get a bit organized. I guess we’ve had to jigger the plans a bit because Svein‘s not riding the Giro now. The fun bit is we’ll now head over to Spain for a few days and get to visit Amber, Karen, Christian and Svein in Girona–that will be fun. We’re debating driving versus flying?

I’m a bit frazzled here with spotty news about Cam‘s crash in Gila. Looking for more updates.

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