Last night, the gang went out for dinner instead of the usual buffet, to celebrate our time together. It was the last chance we were going to have, due to the various upcoming schedules. It was appropriate however, to have the dinner in Syracuse as that is one of the locations of Dinosaur BBQ. This establishment has several locations and they are all great, if you like meat. We all had the ribs and they were excellent.

This morning we had 78 miles to ride, in a rather unexciting area of upstate New York. It would have been a rather ordinary day, except that about 10 miles from the start, we got poured on. There was rain and more rain. We needed to take shelter during the hard stuff, and so we invaded the school bus repair facility in a local town. They didn't seem to mind, so we waited there for about 15 minutes, until the rain returned to a level that was somewhat tolerable. It rained for most of the ride.

When the rain comes, any pace-line or group riding generally ceases as we need plenty of room around our bikes, as the brakes don't work so well. Unfortunately, Bruno from the Swiss team had a fall. He is fine, but a bit bruised.

Here's the GPS data from today:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43314703

Let's see what tomorrow brings.