I had Rubicon on the workout menu today so I rode up the canyon to get in the 10 minute repeats without any hassles. Hot, but otherwise a beautiful day.
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Unusual traffic jam out in the country, when a Southbound freight train passed a Northbound. Never noticed there were two sets of tracks here.
Turnaround and had a nice gusty delta breeze pushing me down the road. The little guys still get spooked when I ride by, check out the white/brown fellow leaping away from the fence like a jack rabbit!
Tonight was sprintervals, why doesn’t one of my apps put PRs on my lock screen?
Knocked down an all-time 2-sec power best (yeah I had to look). The more interesting 5-sec ended up above 1100 and #4 on all-time list (#1-3 are from '16-'17 season). Not too shabby.
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MTB cruise, saving turtles, testing new MTB bibs. I tore a small hole in my Pactimo Raptors in a crit crash so retired them to MTB duty, much comfier than my 6 year old Pearls 
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Lol! I hope the trains were at least short!
OH MY GOSH!!! So cute!!
So does TP. No app pushes it to my lockscreen. Maybe I should retire and make an app 
Easy miles tonight. Easy backyard living:
The Bob Marley rock making a late appearance on my bike seat, it’s usually out a month or two earlier. Backyard nirvana achievement unlocked 
Theme song: War / No More Trouble (Live)
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Easy spins on the gravel bike yesterday and this morning.
Yesterday’s pic:
This morning’s ride & pics:
Maybe because my frame is white it shows the dust and mud, but I am left wondering if @bbarrera wipes down his bike before each pic? Or does his newer 3T Exploro come with a special coating? 
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Mud? June in California! Love how the paint hides the dust - and trust me everything including my bike is/was covered in dust from the dry landscaping remodel.
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The local clubs TT series for me tonight, hosted by the neighbouring club. The course nort west of Peterborough, UK goes up Heath Road to Helpston, through to Bainton and Up Ufford Hill and back to then along Heath Road to Helpston again but this time turning left before Bainton.
I held my aero position comfortably but first time on a technical course saw me bottle the bends/downhills and sit up too early.
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Hot Wed Worlds. Too hot for me and I slow rolled over half of it. About 100 minutes in the heat to continue acclimation process.
Been seeing this mama and her kids at the park since Monday. They decided to check out my neighbors house and backyard:
And
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My race from yesterday evening. It’s basically a time trial up a hill, then down. Not really a traditional XC race.
No pics, as I was too busy watching my kids race before, and drinking a few beers after.
The pro field included a few ex pro racers, and an Olympic cross country skier - but it was a 16yr old from the local high school who won. Really cool to see. The kid’s a beast.
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Absolute screamer yesterday, a local group here does the longest day of the year ride and there’s a local team with some very very strong dudes that comes out and usually drops everyone. Myself and a handful of others managed to hang on, and I got to ride with one of our forum members
We managed to get a 9 way tie for a KOM that was formerly part of a TT race too, crazy
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I feel sorry for number 10; he probably did the most work on the front then you all breezed by him at the finish 
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From this afternoon’s ride: free range but they weren’t up for a game (you see they are not on the path).
Spotted after the peak power at mile 8 because I slow for animals.
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NICE!
At our Wed night worlds this week, a young guy in his twenties and a middle aged 55-something threw down some watts for #3 and #4 on The A Loop:
Two guy breakaway, and it was 99F / 37C in the shade!!!
I’m a polar bear, did 2 minutes at 28-30mph with the A group and then said screw this and slow rolled the shortcut route.
Today is forecast the same as yesterday - 109F / 43C - grabbed some early bird watts and back home before the temps hit ‘fry an egg’ insane degrees.
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Team Summer Solstice ride today. Set off at bonkers o’clock but it was worth it. Great morning on the bike 
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A backcountry epic gravel ride today. Some of the route was more suited to a MTB than gravel bike.
We passed some riders doing the Tour Divide. This ride was hard enough as a one day ride on an unladen bike. Would’ve been quite a bit harder on a heavy bike in the middle of a 3 week ride!
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Gents Race V11.0.
this is a gravel, 100km Team Time Trial Chase Race.
Every team is assigned a starting time based on their expected pace and the first team to get their 5 riders across the line wins.
roughly 35 teams. Our team consisted of 3 single riders and my wife and I on our tandem. I’ll let you guess who did the pulling for about 55 of the 62 miles 
https://www.strava.com/activities/5497074157
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Love Monmouth. Attended a buddy’s wedding there. Based on your Strava name, I’m guessing you aren’t a Cymraes you won’t need to watch out being in a border town on a Sunday and not be in church. (I’m not Welsh myself, but briefly studied at Aber and got out there whenever I could whilst living in London.)
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