30 mile drive to do a 20 mile time trial.

Yes I did from the title of my blog you are probably saying to yourself this guy is nuts. Who would waste expensive gas to take their bike out. Sadly I am such a man. this evening after learning yet another tour team ( Cofidis and possibly Rabobank) and favorite( Mike Rasmussen while in the yellow jersey no less) had been eliminated ( Seriously no one's going to want to win a stage now. for the last 3 days whoever's won has been found guilty of doping.if things keep going at this rate Soler will find himself in a yellow Jersey), I decided to haul the 30 miles out to Washington CT to ride around scenic ( and traffic free ) Lake Waramaug. After an hour drive I hopped on the bike and embarked on what would be a 45 min. 16 mile time trial. I was in the aerobars for most of it and averaged a killer 21mph, making me feel confident that I can contend for an overall win on Aug 11, which if all goes according to plan, ( which my boss gave me some positive feedback but not a definiative yes for me getting the day off.) I also managed to eek out a 3.5-4 mile run in the dark (training for IM FLA 09 want to be used to running at night just in case I bonk). In the last mile I ended up racing a deer ( which was pracing in a near by farmer's field ) and ended up losing to the quadraped. When I got home I decided to celebrate my good work out with a glass of HEED followed by an ice cold Budwiser. unfortately since I did not intake as many fluids as I should have the Budwiser has made me a little lightheaded and as a result this blog might turn into my buzzed out ramblings, so for the mis-spelled words or sentances that don't make sense I blame it all on the beer (Just like Floyd Landis) .