What a great weekend. It all started Friday evening with friends over for a movie/dinner night with some co-workers. I cooked salmon cakes with my infamous potatos complimented with a spinach salad. We watched Hart's War with Bruce Willis and Collin Farrell. It was unusual that between the 4 of us, neither one of us has seen the movie. It was actually really good and the ending was unexpected. You don't find that in many movies these days.
Saturday started off with a nice 2+ hour ride with Desiree to spin out the legs and increased her mileage and saddle time. We then headed to meet her mom up at the art festival in Winter Park. It's supposidly one of the 'booshiest' art festivals in the area. It didn't really seem much different than going to the one around Lake Eola a couple months ago, but there were artists from all over the US that set up shop.
Afterwards, we headed over to Stetson University- my alma mater for Homecoming/Alumni weekend. I got to show Desiree where I spent 4 years of my life; from the fraturnity house to the commons, the gym to the business school and the music buildings. She didn't realize how small the campus was educating just over 2200 undergraduates. She got to meet friend and professors. It was good to catch up with a few old professors that have been keeping up my with updates/blogs. We headed downtown (4-5 blocks away from campus) and had dinner was my favorite restaurant around Stetson- Belinis. It's a mom and pop Italian restaurant that makes the best stromboli I've ever had. Then we ventured around to the local bars and night life and to the homecoming street festival where a Journey tribute band was playing. I got to see friends that I haven't seen in a few years and the oppotunity to show Desiree a big part of my life.
Sunday, I did the Windermere Sunday ride and had the best power profile ride setting personal bests. I ended up with just over 40 miles averaging 20.3 mph and 161 average HR. My power profile was 384 avg power for 5mins, 328 for 10mins, 309 for 30mins, and 287 for 60mins. I was blown away at the numbers and it is an indicator that training is going well and that things are shaping up real well for this weekend's race.
We then went to church and did some greocery shopping in the pouring rain. The combination of wind diplayed sheets of water falling sideways.
It was nice that the rain cleared up as it made for a pleasent evening with Desiree's family to celebrate her mom and step father's birthdays at Macaroni Grill.
What a great way to end the weekend with family.
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