My time trial last night sucked. And it wasn't my fault. Really. A bad start due to some confusion at the start line which made me start with a foot on the ground instead of being held up...as I lined up with 4 seconds before I had to go. Then my rear wheel went out of line in the dropouts, causing it to lean to the left and rub against the left chain stay. I didn't discover that one until the ride was over...I could hear a high-pitched buzzing sound and I thought a brake pad was rubbing the wheel rim. But I couldn't see any problems with the brakes. Anyway, I eventually rolled over the finish line at a measly 21 mph and it was taking everything I could do to go THAT fast! Now I know why...a wheel up against the bike frame will slow anyone down. Lesson learned. I'll make sure that never happens again.
Anyway, I was really down about that performance and went straight to bed after I showered. Didn't even eat dinner or drink anything or brush my teeth. I was a tad angry about the TT. I expected to be two minutes faster than I was and I wasn't. And I was exhausted from trying to pedal seven miles with what felt like I was dragging a one-ton lead weight behind me. I'll be better and faster before the district championships in September...no worries about that.
There was a disaster in Minnieapolis with a bridge collapse. Jonnene thinks she may have crossed over that bridge a couple of times back in the 90's when she lived up there but it is out of the way of the areas she lived and worked in, so she would have had few reasons to cross over it on a regular basis. It's a bad deal, for sure, and it'll really screw up traffic in the city for a couple of years at the least. I hope the death toll is as small as possible.
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