What a difference a week makes!

This week our long ride was the Arlington 500 starting in Barrington, IL and going into the surrounding communities. I had a great ride today!! We did the long ride option which was 69 miles. This somehow converts to 500 Kilos or Furloughs or something?? But my Garmin showed only 65 miles when we rolled in. I totally rawked this ride!! I felt good going into the ride and was well fueled to start. I may have picked my new breakfast food.. fried eggs and mashed potatos. It is delicious and was washed down with a soy latte.

We started at 730am or so and it was a bit chilly but warmed up nicely. I rode with some really great riders today too! It's always nice to have company on these rides and as an added bonus to have a little push.. WAHOO! Last week, I couldn't get the groove on and my legs were killing and in contrast.. today I would've ridden another 20 miles and not complained a bit. What an exhilarating feeling!! ***I'm sure it's the lack of walking lunges yesterday ***

Also.. as a side note.. I lost my pointer toe nail. When I had my pedi about three weeks ago, they noticed it was bruised pretty badly. My nail lady didn't think it would fall off, but it did today. It doesnt hurt but I think I'll feel better when it grows back.

Rest week starts now... I'm going to focus on some core work this week in my "off" time and get a seriously long massage. I'm excited about it!!!