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Taper checklist

- Feeling like crap on short, easy workouts... CHECK
- Noticing new and unusual pains where I've never had pain before... CHECK
- Purchasing important, no, crucial race gear at the last minute... CHECK

The only thing that hasn't started yet is the nightmares about missing the race start, or showing up on the wrong day, or getting monumentally off course mid-race. Give it a day or two.

I leave Wednesday and arrive in Tempe on Thursday, and that only leaves me two whole days to freak out about the weather. It's gonna be hot!

I took this photo on Saturday near the end of the Cinderella Classic 100k. As usual, it was a great ride with great friends. And only a couple of women snapped at us for not yelling "on your left" loud enough to be heard over their yakking as they took up the whole road riding three across at 9mph. Not that I'm complaining! This ride includes all-you-can-eat circus animal cookies. I'm definitely not complaining.

April 7, 2008 11:25 AM