Apr 23 - another day, another ride

More fussing.  More bike maintenance.  More riding.  More Sunshine 1200k stuff.  More Randonneurs Ontario stuff.  I'll be very happy when the 1200k is over and done. 

I spent an inordinate amount of time on the phone with the people producing the mugs.  Ok, I take that back -- I spent an inordinate amount of time ON HOLD for these people.  I called Wednesday night and the mugs were on schedule.  I got an email Thursday early that they're not.  Today, perhaps, I got through to someone who will ensure that we get at least a few of the mugs delivered on Monday.  Time will tell.

Working with Paul, I got the brevet cards setup and today ran over to Staples to have them printed.  Because there's some color on the front, it's more expensive -- about $1.45 per card.  This run was just for the pre-ride.  I've got pre-printed names etc. which took some figuring out with Word.  I've done it before but not with this version and it was so long ago ...  I called Staples in advance and they preferred to have PDF's for printing, so I did it that way and copied to a SD card.

I'm packed for this weekend's 600k.  I hope that I'm feeling better for that than I felt for my 115k ride yesterday.  Legs hurt; butt hurt; dehydrated; bonked ... just a precursor to the weekend ride.  The LOW is supposed to be around 70F; high 90+F.  Great.  Throw in some climbing and I can just plan for muscle cramps.

The bike seems to be ready but then that's always the case.  Oh yes, I did some brake tuning and cleat replacing. 

Ride Saturday into Sunday; back Sunday afternoon; Dick arrives Monday afternoon; drive to Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday; Ferry to Key West on Wednesday; start riding Thursday 4a.m.  At least the weather prediction for Key West to Daytona (Thursday/Friday) next week is more moderate ... because we're closer to the ocean, of course.  Saturday & Sunday next week, inland, temps are in the mid to high 80's.  Hey ... that's better than 90 !

Onward !