you know, i don't think i'll ever get over the feeling of riding a bike through dense city traffic - it's just too much fun.  dangerous - yes - but fun.  i mean, messengering in philly is what got me into riding road bikes in the first place, and some things you just can't change.

 

so i had to pick up the cooper from a repair shop today - there had been a parking lot hit-n-run that dented up my hood kinda bad, so that needed to be fixed.  anyway, had to ride through downtown san diego and get there before the shop closed, etc.  just fun ripping it through the city streets dodging cars, potholes, etc.

 

so that was basically my warm-up for the tuesday night track racing, as i was late to the track due to the car pickup.  still rode decently well, though, even after a week of not even touching a bike and pretty much just drinking beer and being sedentary.  6th in the 20-lap scratch (botched my position going into the final 3 laps).  4th in the Miss-n-Out (caught a really annoying hook at the final elimination).  And nothing in the 10-mile scratch race (caught some bad luck when the peloton split and i was in the wrong half...).  So not a stellar night, but nothing to boo-hoo about either.  just getting back into training.