The night before...

i am tried- so i am going to keep it a bit quick here today. we pre-rode the first half of the course today... along with about 30,000 other cyclists- cycling fans arrive en-mass to ride the course before watching their favorite riders race.

i actually ran into two people that i know today. one was a rider on the local webcor alto velo team. i had ridden with him once when i was doing TT intervals with patty. his name is alan. the other was a woman named anne- who works in the local evanston bike shop and who i met last fall. both were out to watch the races and have a fun ride. small world.

today- we saw cobbles as we have never seen them before. there was a 3km section that was pretty hard to believe. JUST when we thought that it was over, the cobbles changed from small stones to boulders- SUPER rough cobbles that were really hard to go over. i have new found admiration for the riders of paris-roubiax!

well- not much exciting to report other than it was funny to watch this guy above draft off a tractor... and i am going to pin my number and go to bed. numbers are vinyl! so much cooler than paper! good night!