Made it two hours in the saddle yesterday and everyday the average watts go up while the average heartrate goes down. Rode over to the Rose Bowl and did a few laps around the park. It’s something like a 2 or 3 mile loop and around 4 p.m. everyone gets off work and comes out to race each other — not like an organized event with a finish line (although there are training races), but moreso every night it turns into a huge pissing contest between all things two-wheeled. It’s pretty funny to see who tries to hang on your wheel, or better yet, huffs and puffs past you only to shoot you the “Lance look”. I love it.

Day of stretching and core work today, then the big 3 hours tomorrow. Best of luck to the crews tackling Carroll County and the Grafton Twilight Crit.