Yesterday's ride was pretty awesome. I ended up with a really fun group and we cruised the 82 miles at 16mph into St. Louis. It was a really nice route with not that much traffic for the majority of the ride. Not having a century allows us to get into the host at a decent time and we arrived at 5 and had some time to hang out, shower, eat dinner, etc. St. Louis is a really cool city, I love the active atmosphere and all of the parks - our last five miles went through Forest Park which was a huge park with a bunch of bike paths. Late last night, Jeff, Liliya, and I decided to join one of our teammates' friends in a 5k in the morning. We woke up at 7 and headed over to the park where it had been pouring rain all morning, along with some lightning. We stood under an overhang for about an hour as it continued to pour. The race was slated for 9am and the sky cleared at about 8:58am - pretty crazy because we totally expected it to be cancelled. The race went on however and it was a lot of fun! With all the biking, it was nice to get out and run fast. I really love Missouri honestly and it reminds me a lot of Virginia, so running here was really nice. After the race, we had time to change and get breakfast before we went over to check out the arch. I couldn't decide at first if I wanted to just look at it or go up to the top, but it was only ten bucks and it ended up being very cool. We were able to see all of St. Louis and take a bunch of pictures - touristy stuff. After the arch, we got some stickers and post cards, got frozen yogurt, and headed over to a local bar & grill for the USA game. Overall a pretty fun and relaxing rest day! Tomorrow brings another century, but the rest of the week looks very doable.
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