Safety First

After hearing about the threat of severe weather throughout last night, we wisely chose to linger this morning and see how things developed. Good thing we did--we would have been riding right into the path of a nasty set of storms that yielded several tornados and lots of damage. As it turned out, we and our wonderful hosts made it through unscathed, and we even got to spend some exciting time in the underground shelter which really gave us the full experience. Then the storm passed and all was well and quiet. The evening was a bit cool but otherwise clear and lovely, and we caught a little youth baseball and enjoyed some ballpark food, which put a nice cap on the day. A nice day off, even if Mother Nature had to pull out the big guns to scare us into resting.
Thanks to the one and only Cristy Sorenson for sponsoring our unexpected day off. As a Team In Training Alum, I know she would tell us that we need to rest to let our bodies rebuild. You're right Cristy, but despite your generous sponsorship and good advice I'm gonna give you the guilt trip for not doing a full marathon. Aw just kidding, you're the best Cristy. Tomorrow hopefully we'll be back on the bikes, talk to ya from--well, we'll see won't we. Night.
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