Saturday was an awesome biking day. I left my house at 6:50 and got to Bill’s around 7:30. We started the Middlesex Century around 8:10. It was hot and humid, but felt good most of the day as long as I kept on moving.

I guess I’m strange (perhaps the mohawk gives it away?), but after lunch I got an energy boost - just when everyone else was starting to drag. After taking an impromptu break, we learned that the other crew of bikers was already at the meeting point - so I booked it from there and met up with everyone around 3:40. I arrived at the meeting point reading just over 100 miles on the odometer. Ah, time for a break. Ok, time’s up. Switch bikes, connect the tag-a-long and trailer, put the helmets on the kids, and back on the road for another 15 hilly miles.

We ended the day with an awesome BBQ and lots of pictures. On Sunday my daughter and I went to church and had our first service with our new minister, then we had dinner and a awesome jam session over at Gordon’s. I think we’ve got a little band formed - gotta start thinking of names. Maybe, “Bike Me,” or “Fraggle Hair.”

Now I’ve got to start training for the Rodman Ride for Kids in late September. The Staples Soul team is riding for the John Andrew Mazie foundation. This century happens to be on the same day as Bill’s bachelor party, but I figure I should be able to fit everything in. Start biking at 7, be done by 5ish, have a shower, some BBQ, then dash up to Boston and eat and drink some more!