An End To Words

So..... Long time no see. I'm gonna turn this beast into a photoblog no more words starting........ NOW!

Florida day 6

First off congrats to Jason. He had to leave to go with his wife to find out if his new baby will be a boy or girl, and he is having another baby boy.

Yesterday we road about 3.5 hours and it was alot of fun. We had Elliott, myself, Wes, Bryan, Phil, Terry, Jeff, and Gene R. Bryan and I duked it out over the climbs. Going up one of the many hills me and Gene took a strong pull nothing killer I thought then I turned to him "Dude no one is talking behind us." We thought it was because everyone was just huffing and puffing to keep up. We dropped down the other side pretty fast and shot through this round about and then pulled off to realize that the only one who hung was Bryan. We rolled a fast pace after that and ended up hiding in the bushes to joke around with the other guys and roll up behind them. Once we caught Wes and Terry from behind we waited up for Jeff, Elliott, and Phil. Then as one big group we rolled to Winter Garden this awesome little town with like three coffee shops and two bike shops all on the quarter mile long main street. We sat around the huge water fountin in the center
of town drinking coffee and messing around. It really was an awesome ride.

Today (day7) were leaving around two after we get in about three hours of easy riding. As I lay here packing my bags I have to say this goes up there as one of the most fun weeks of my life. I can't really think of a better way to live then riding my bike for a living and just getting to ride with 19 other guys every day. Cycling is pretty cool.

L

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Florida day 5....

Another awesome day. Today was hot as anything. Wes, Bryan, Jason, and I got in another 2.5 hard hours. We road sugarloaf twice along with doing a little with the main group of riders before and after breaking off to do our own thing. Bryan road strong and crushed our small group up sugarloaf both times. I felt good and managed to stay up it with him until about 3/4 of the way up. I'm feeling pretty strong right now and I feel like I have alot of room for growing. Tomorrows ride will be fun we plan on getting in a few more hard hours in a small group. Hope everyone at home is riding in the sweeeet weather up there. I can't wait to get home cause the first race of the season is right around the corner.

L

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Florida day ????.....

Sorry guys and gals for the late post. Today was our rest day and we ended up just spining down the bike path to this cool little bakery. All in all we road about 2.5 hours. I plan on taking more pictures today. On our ride. It's looking like a hilly 4 hours.

L

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I forgot to add...

I promised Gener that I would tell everyone about how, even though there ugly, his big white Rudy Projects sunglasses get the job done. They keep the wind, sweat, and anything else out of your eyes.
When we got back from the ice cream shop about a hour ago I got to see my first armadillo. Pretty freaking cool. I never understood how fast those things are.

L

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Florida day 3.....

First let me say sorry to everyone about the errors in spelling and grammar in my blog. I do most of my blogging from a cell phone and I don't have spell check. I try people I try. I will happily email any of my blog postings to anyone for proofreading before I post just send me your email address.
Moving on.
Today we got in another great ride. I decided to hop in the car with Rob Frank and drive to the lake instead of riding down the road from hell. We drove out to the lake and spun around for about 40 min before meeting up with the rest of the group and really getting into the good stuff. I felt pretty good today and I tossed in an attack or two and ended up making a seven man break. Bryan, Keith, Gener, Wes, Rob G, GeneO and myself all got a good gap up the road and were rolling ok until the pace line fell apart. After that me GeneO and Wes rolled easy to the store. After that my ride was pretty uneventful. I had a nice chat with Bryan about how to get into vets school and about how he did in college. We rolled back to the lake and I hopped back into the car where Rob Frank and very nicely waited up for me before driving home. When we got home I made some early dinner and when Gener came home from finishing his ride then we went to Wes and Bryans
and I heard all about the end of the ride while me and Gener chilled in the insanely hot hot tub. All in all I got in about 2.5 hours today way harder then I had been riding earlier in the week. Tomorrow is a well earned and much needed rest day. I think me and a couple guys will roll easy up to a coffee shop and just chill for the day. I can't wait. Keep reading and I'll keep updating.

L

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Florida day 2.....

Today we had a long day and road a little under 5 and a half hours. We got to ride with all the North Carolina guys today as well. They got in yesterday and, got a house by the lake that we use as the center of all of our rides. We road about a hour out to the lake, and on the way met with the NC guys. After that, we went and did a loop around Sugarloaf mountain the highest "peak" in Florida. It's about 200-400 feet above see level not much of a peak. Once we finished that we went on to drop off a few other guys and then went on another loop near some orange tree nusaries. I have to admit it's was a pretty tough day. We had some great pizza for dinner after, some of us got in the hot tub. Now it's time for my compression tights, lots of water, some more food, and some well earned rest. Tomorrow is going to be a longggggggg day.

Luke

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