Update

On Saturday we had our first team bike practice at Santa Fe Dam/Encampo Park in Duarte. I had never been there before. It was a really cool place with a great bike trail. It was really nice to not have to worry about traffic and it was neat to ride on top of the dam.

Saturday night was a great party at one of the mentor’s house. Some of the past team was there as well; it was great to meet and talk to them about their experiences with training and with the race.

Monday’s training went well, I had planned to get a little extra training in on Monday later in the day, but that plan was derailed when Pharaoh had another cardiac event. For those of you that do not know Pharaoh is my cat/master and he has cardiomyopathy. So I stayed home with him until later in the evening.

Tonight we have a bike clinic, where we will learn how to do some minor repairs to our bikes. On race day, if something happens we have to deal with it ourselves with no outside help.

That is all for now, I am off to learn how to repair my bike.