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Do you ever have an evening where you just don't want to go to bed?

I'm having one tonight and since I don't have to work tomorrow, I don't have to go to bed.

I have a giant to do list I want to knock off before I fly out on tuesday, but not too much that HAS to get done. So I'm not going to sweat it. Everything that must get done will.

Yesterday & today I had great training sessions. Absolutely great. I vary between thinking I'll be able to cycle every mile of the ride & do it at a respectable speed all the way to being terrified I won't be able to do it. And at some point after I've thought of the worst, of not being able to ride it, that somehow my best effort won't be enough... I realize taking a 7 day car ride down the California coast isn't negative... So why get upset? exactly.

Today's session was supposed to be a 2 hour ride, but @ ~20 min short of 2 hours, my left elbow & shoulder began to get sore, which is a good sign I need to stop. I'm just starting to ramp up my time on the bike & I have to let my body get used to it. I can add about 30 min a week , every other week, to each session. So tomorrow I'll put in another 90 minutes. I felt good when I stopped today & still feel very good.

Yesterday's session was great as well. My cycle computer has been acting funny, generally cause I don't have it set-up correctly. Usually it tells me my speeds are super low, but yesterday I averaged 23 mph over 60 minutes... I don't think it was reading low, but I'm not sure if I trust it.... Anyways, even if my actual speed was only half that, I feel good about being able to keep pace on the ride.

what else?? working on fundraising, getting more stuff lined up. To all of those who have donated, thanks... I appreciate it.

slowly, everything is coming together!