A brisk 40 degrees at our before-dawn start this morning, with mercifully low humidity, and two pleasant surprises.
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Lou showed up, which almost never happens when it's cold.
Lou and I left the pack and joined powerful Chris early in the 7-mi Alamodome sprint.
Chris and I scraped off Lou on Broadway, and I think Chris backed off on the Chavez stretch, and somehow I got there first.
Lou's Tommasini has a fan in Chris, and the pearl paint still makes it tough to photograph.
Lou has the long-cage Chorus on his triple, and I have the short-cage.
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But the really pleasant surprise, Tad showed up this morning before we took off, and was waiting for us at coffee.
Tad's knee blew out on him from a very old injury, he had surgery, and I learned he got out on a bike a bit this week.
(next week, Lou plans to bring his E-bike for Tad to make the ride)
But today, this was Tad's ride next to mine.
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Smiling Tad, as always
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Great coffee group this morning. Lou finally wearing layers for the weather.
Randi's going to be leaving us for a Peace Corps medical job in DC.
Young Thomas home from the army on leave.
And Tad was laughing on the two I shot before this, but the focus on those was worse than this one...
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