It's a Race!

Thanks to the encouragement of an old high school classmate I'm following through with a longtime interest: bicycle racing. Last month we went to Corvallis, OR for the opening race of the season and today we're off to Portland for the Banana Belt race. My training regimen hasn't been very rigorous--let's be honest, yesterday on a ride I got a flat and instead of fixing it I walked to my old golf coach's house and he gave me a ride home--so winning is probably out the picture. Still, it's a ton of fun experiencing the unique thrill of barreling down the road in a peloton.