4th of July Criterium Workout on the Mall!

Oh, I love the nation's capital!  I rode down to watch the fireworks on the national mall and got there a little early, so with the roads blocked off I decided to do a little criterium workout--so much fun.  If your mind is a little twisted, you can imagine that the millions of people are there to see you--off the front of the pack bringing it home on the last couple of laps like the guys above.  Did I mention it was REALLY hot and humid?

The fireworks were as great as ever, and as this photo shows, the wind was headed towards us, so the crowd I was with got a rain of ash and cinders their hair--a far cry from the digital entertainment we are so accustomed to. Try getting that out of your HD/blueray/surround sound!

Hip Hip Horray for the people at the Luray Triathlon.  They were very kind to let me switch my registration to the Sprint distance from the Olympic distance even though it is past the refund deadline--how cool is that?  Try that at your usual enormous race.  Anyhow, I feel vindicated for getting up early this morning and running 4 tough miles in the incredible humidity--at 8am crazy!  So now my target date is August 15th.  I also noticed that the swim is only 750m, which should be a nice change and allow me to go a little harder.