30.6 mile ride this morning. Road with a heavy heart today. I woke at 4:40 and while getting ready (potty) I checked facebook (a usual parctice). Only to find out that last night a cyclist was killed out on Southern parkway. A road I ride ALL the time. A road I ride to get away from traffic. I didn't know the guy but wish I would have. It seems that he was just a amazing person that really blessed the lives of those around him. Ugh! So so sad. He has 4 small childern and a wife left to pick up without him. I ache for them all. For some reason it just hit really hard. I actually was outside last night and saw the lifeflight chopper fly over my house (unknowing at the time of what for). I need to be safer.
Anyways Bob and I just cruised around. Didn't have a plan. Didn't care about pace. We attempted to go hard on a small 2.2 mile section down through the fields but I didn't really have much pop in the legs and when I wanted them to fire there really wasn't anything there. Guess just typical taper crap... same as a running taper it seems.
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