I feel good when the alarm goes off this morning. I intentionally went to bed early last night to ensure I got some sleep. I’m sure putting in a 13-hour day at work on Wednesday helped too! Anyway, it’s about 5:10 AM, I’m getting dressed and my cell phone goes off. It scares the daylights out of me! I was not expecting that thing to ring at 5:10. I answer it and it’s my brother-in-law. He wants to ride with me today. Awesome. I had extended the invitation to him a week ago not knowing if he would be down with riding this early. Turns out he is. He’ll meet me at the entrance to his neighborhood which is about a half-mile away.
Unlike Ride 6, I prepared last night and had everything set out and ready to go. Doing so really made it a no-brainer to get ready this morning and I felt much better today heading out. In addition to laying out my clothes last night, I spent some time adjusting my front and rear derailers and installing my new rear light. I took my laptop to the garage and watched the derailer videos from Bicycle Tutor while adjusting them. Those videos are great. Thanks Alex!
