Days are like today are hard to write about because in some sense nothing happened and yet in another sense they are the essence of these tours and why I love to ride. It was an easy day; only about 50 miles on flat ground. We didn't pass anything particularly interesting really; the strip west of Cleveland is mostly just residential. It would have been a really easy day but I was still feeling a bit sick. It was a good "team" day; we rode most of the day together, sometimes even as one big group, and we had a few mechanical issues that we fixed together. Then we got to the gym we're staying at early, so we got to hang out and just do normal team stuff; play a little basketball, go get coffee, hang out at a bar. Days like today are why I come out here; for the camaraderie. Pretty soon we'll get into some serious riding and high mileage, so this is a nice bit of a break.
