Big jump up!

Guess who showed up again yesterday? 382!! She's back. Most likely chased away by the reported hawk. I know they were spooked because they we all in the loft on a beautiful, sunny day. I'm glad they feel safe there.

It was good to have the team back together as we jumped up from 24 miles to 42! I love this drop. It is SO easy - just off the Interstate. It takes me the same amount of time to do this as to do the 24 mile drop because I just stay on the Interstate all the way down. I also like the big wide area. I can watch them for a long time. There's no one around except the occasional mall walkers.

They did great! They came in right on time on the first drop (as they have the whole time!) What a great group! Others are reporting similar success. I wish I had been tracking sun spot activity. Maybe that makes the difference? It has also been a cooler summer than I can remember. I'll do this same drop tomorrow, although a bit later. Then it is supposed to rain again all week. After the 3rd drop from here, we goto 62 miles. It is at that point most consider them trained. I'll probably (hopefully) go to 84 miles at least once before the race on the 28th and then most of my road training will be from here. The first race is only 92 miles for me. Heck, I'll bet they could do it now.