I bit the bullet yesterday and got a Motel room in Green Bay. I cranked up the AC, put in my earplugs, and got about 13 hours of sleep. I woke up feeling very 2-point-0 and excited about racing again.

The course de jour was a 1.1 mile loop, totally flat, no shade. With wide roads and clean corners, it was almost exactly like the course used for the Early Birds back home. It was disgustingly humid and a little under 100 in the sun, so I thought it would be a good idea to do my warmup in the nearby supermarket, walking up and down the frozen food aisle pretending that I'd lost something. Not that it helped much, as we sweated for 20 minutes at the starting line while we waited for the course to be cleared.

The pace was apathetic for most of the race, kind of like the really boring part in a road race where everyone is just hanging out waiting for the big guns to start firing. Things started hotting up with 3 to go, and I made sure I was in a decent position coming through the last turn. Finished 11th, which is ok I guess.