apologies for the lack of timely posts.  we're all pretty slammed right now.  free time is a valuable commodity and i make no apologies for choosing to spend the little time i have doing other stuff. 

i don't know how many of you got socked by that thunderstorm last night.  it was hard to tell if my son or my cat was more freaked out.  my neighborhood looked like beirut this morning.  lots of people had elected not to go to work to deal with significant downed tree limbs.  i didn't get to leave the house until around 8:30.  the wo&d was not as bad as i thought it would be but there were significant amounts of storm detritus on the trail.  people riding in the nova area will want to speciifcally look out for the section of path under i-66 where the custis trail begins from the wo&d.  it's relatively dark underneath there and you can't see the stuff coming that must have washed in off of i-66.  also the tail end of banneker park by the east falls church metro had what looked like a mud-slide.  cuidado.

greenbelt this past wednesday was something.  it just felt painfully fast at points.  i can only hope that a number of people are peaking for nationals because if people are still building towards a fitness crescendo, my season is basically over.  there's always cross.  on a more positive note, it was great to see comrade joe move up form the c race to the b race and ride strong.  he had some good observations after the race and i think he's showing his potential.  also on a positive note, it was really nice to ride out there and share a metro ride home with rudy v., one of the nicest guys around. - - - posted by scott