I had a pretty lame week of riding. I got to race the Tuesday night race, which was fine. It was super windy again, and I got shelled cruising down Innes Market, but it was yet again a good work out. This is the most consistent riding I've done in 8 or 9 years. I think I've been riding for 12 weeks now (I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but for me it is). I took Wednesday off, then woke up for another 40 on Thursday morning. Unfortunately Friday didn't happen, and Saturday was the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA) Work Party. We were helping out with the work party, which meant that I had to be at work at 7, and didn't get done cleaning up until 5:30PM. The work party was great, but I was too tired to go riding afterwards. Sunday morning, I had to wake up and go help our friend SuperDave put on the Dirty Half Marathon. MeanTodd and I always help Daver out with parking. So again, I was up at 5:30, but not on the bike. After the cars were all parked, I did get to hop on the Ellsworth and check out all the great work done on the Whoops trail. Wow! That trail is a lot of fun, and the dirt right now is about as good as it gets. Some of the "whoops" (read:all of the whoops) are a little too scary for me to hit, so I roll just about everything. Maybe when I get back from France I will let my tires come off the ground, but I can't risk screwing up my back with only 4 weeks to go.

So I only got about 100 miles in last week. Pretty pathetic. But I still have 4 weeks, and I am feeling great after every ride, so I think things are going well. I am hoping to ride tonight if the weather cooperates, and again tomorrow morning, and of course Tuesday night. We'll see how I feel.

I am thinking about getting myself a Garmin 705 for my trip to France (I am trying to justify it). I figure it would come in pretty handy and give me a ton of info, which is fun to look at. I also think it would come in handy on the motorcycle, and I am starting to think that I need to take another bike trip next year....so if anyone has any experience with the Garmin, please email me and let me know your thoughts. Thanks.