For training motivation I've been considering entering a couple organized cycling events, like the Mulholland Challenge. These are non-competitive events where hundreds of riders come together and ride a course with full support, including rest stops, bathrooms and water stations. They're fun, but cost money because they're usually fund raisers. One ride I was considering was the Breakaway Ride where to support cancer research you follow an actual stage of the professional Tour of California race. $125 gets you in with a tshirt, support, lunch after, etc. $150 get you a jersey and for $500 you get to rub elbows with Patrick Dempsey, whose mother had ovarian cancer. It sounded cool, but I wasn't convinced to spend the cash. Then I ran across a link from George Hincapie on Twitter about a drawing for a free entry. Signed up, forgot about and yup, I won. Free entry!! So I'll be out there Sunday following Stage 8 of the TOC for extra training. It might rain, but all the routes are familiar and as Michael says, I need the miles. Oh! And since Win is supporting the event, I'll have my own personal support crew on course. Sweet!
In other news, my allergies are finally controlled!!! Woo hooo!!!! Thanks to a great optician and a new allergy drug called Xyzal. Praise God for Xyzal!! I'm sleeping, I'm mostly breathing well and my eye are not itching!!! And as far as I can tell I don't have any side-effects. I'm not tired, my skin isn't dried out and I feel great. The rest and recovery time has really helped too - I rode a bit and felt really strong. Peace!
-PW
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