Pray for Sunshine

It's rained all day today in Tahoe and was bitterly cold. The rain was more irritating than anything else. Lights sprinkles the entire day but enough to keep the roads wet and slick. Our practice ride was canceled today so I've been off the bike for an entire week. The forecast has improved from 30% chance of rain to "mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon". Sounds like good news to me.

In Tahoe

Made it to the hotel after two flights and a bus ride from Reno to Tahoe. Resting up, then early dinner with some of my teammates at the Sushi restaurant across the street. Going to bed early tonight to try and catch up on some sleep. We've got a short 25 mile ride at 8am tomorrow morning to check out the bikes and get a first hand test of what riding at this altitude feels like.

Back down week...

...is no fun. The culmination of 18 weeks of training is on Sunday. We've been mandated to take it easy this week and stay off the bike so we can be fresh and strong on event day. I understand this intellectually but it was really hard to not attend the Big Ring Tuesday workout tonight. Just a few more days...