Got in an amazing ride this morning as an unofficial ‘stage four’ of the Tucson Bicycle Classic.  Overload was the name of the game and two trips up to windy point was the plan of attack. 80 miles and over 7k feet of climbing were tallied.  Somewhere out there I fell in love with my bike (and with suffering) yet again.

riding into the clouds above 6000 feet.

The Tarmac didn’t mind the conditions.

Fortunately this was my flipping point at milepost 14.  It was very dense so I was happy to head back down.

The second visit to Windy Point was less dramatic since the clouds had risen a couple thousand feet by then. The ride was a great way to follow up the race weekend and an even better way to kick off a new week. Life’s good on the bike!

The racing went well Friday through Sunday. I figured out how to TT fast and ended up 5th overall on the GC with a couple of top 10 stage finishes.  Good times and plenty of speed were had.  Thanks for checking back. I’ll try to improve my blogging ‘fitness’ now that my riding fitness is getting close to par…

-TJ