Stage 20 of the TdF is tomorrow. It will be epic. I have watched ever stage so far and am enthralled by the passion, pain, and pageantry of the event. All these days of racing come down to 53 km in the race of truth - the individual time trial. After almost 75 hours of riding, the top 5 cyclists are separated by less than three minutes. Wow! I will be watching tomorrow morning pulling for Cadel and Christian. It all comes down to who can put pain aside and ride for the maillot jaune. Timing by Festina.
I rode my own time trial this week, although a bit shorter - the 10.3 miles home. I clocked my fastest time yet at 28 minutes, 35 seconds at a blazing 21 MPH. I beat my own personal best by over 5 minutes on the same route. I was motivated and it hurt but a good kind of hurt.
It has been a quiet week of riding so far with lots of TdF time. My thoughts are with my STP buddy this weekend. I will be watching for JD on the streets of Paris on Sunday. "Yo", a quick shout out to the race and pour some Gatorade on the streets of the Champs-Elysees for me.
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