Lol! I hope the trains were at least short!
OH MY GOSH!!! So cute!!
So does TP. No app pushes it to my lockscreen. Maybe I should retire and make an app 
Easy miles tonight. Easy backyard living:
The Bob Marley rock making a late appearance on my bike seat, it’s usually out a month or two earlier. Backyard nirvana achievement unlocked 
Theme song: War / No More Trouble (Live)
Easy spins on the gravel bike yesterday and this morning.
Yesterday’s pic:
This morning’s ride & pics:
Maybe because my frame is white it shows the dust and mud, but I am left wondering if @bbarrera wipes down his bike before each pic? Or does his newer 3T Exploro come with a special coating? 
Mud? June in California! Love how the paint hides the dust - and trust me everything including my bike is/was covered in dust from the dry landscaping remodel.
The local clubs TT series for me tonight, hosted by the neighbouring club. The course nort west of Peterborough, UK goes up Heath Road to Helpston, through to Bainton and Up Ufford Hill and back to then along Heath Road to Helpston again but this time turning left before Bainton.
I held my aero position comfortably but first time on a technical course saw me bottle the bends/downhills and sit up too early.
My race from yesterday evening. It’s basically a time trial up a hill, then down. Not really a traditional XC race.
No pics, as I was too busy watching my kids race before, and drinking a few beers after.
The pro field included a few ex pro racers, and an Olympic cross country skier - but it was a 16yr old from the local high school who won. Really cool to see. The kid’s a beast.
Absolute screamer yesterday, a local group here does the longest day of the year ride and there’s a local team with some very very strong dudes that comes out and usually drops everyone. Myself and a handful of others managed to hang on, and I got to ride with one of our forum members
We managed to get a 9 way tie for a KOM that was formerly part of a TT race too, crazy
I feel sorry for number 10; he probably did the most work on the front then you all breezed by him at the finish 
NICE!
At our Wed night worlds this week, a young guy in his twenties and a middle aged 55-something threw down some watts for #3 and #4 on The A Loop:
Two guy breakaway, and it was 99F / 37C in the shade!!!
I’m a polar bear, did 2 minutes at 28-30mph with the A group and then said screw this and slow rolled the shortcut route.
Today is forecast the same as yesterday - 109F / 43C - grabbed some early bird watts and back home before the temps hit ‘fry an egg’ insane degrees.
Gents Race V11.0.
this is a gravel, 100km Team Time Trial Chase Race.
Every team is assigned a starting time based on their expected pace and the first team to get their 5 riders across the line wins.
roughly 35 teams. Our team consisted of 3 single riders and my wife and I on our tandem. I’ll let you guess who did the pulling for about 55 of the 62 miles 
https://www.strava.com/activities/5497074157
Love Monmouth. Attended a buddy’s wedding there. Based on your Strava name, I’m guessing you aren’t a Cymraes you won’t need to watch out being in a border town on a Sunday and not be in church. (I’m not Welsh myself, but briefly studied at Aber and got out there whenever I could whilst living in London.)
Got out for a trail ride today. 6a roll out start meant few others were out there. The weather’s been sunny and hot, 30C and above. Today, it was tropical: in the mid-20s but high humidity and overcast. We’ve had severe thunderstorms at night and as I write this at 17:00, thunder is rolling toward us with the lake’s high wind warning lights lit (aka the “get off the lake” lights). A bit of a tropic fell at one point, but that was it.
I haven’t been able to roll this route for a while due to snow. For the last few miles of the main climb (pics below… which don’t include the “chutes” and slick rock that come after these pics), I’ve only seen mtb’ers descending (or trail runners or hikers, no bikes climbing). It’s an otherwise peaceful place with birds chirping during the grind up.
On the return, passing through a popular trail bike / walking trail in a narrow canyon there was a steady stream of riders coming up. They were mostly mtb but a good number of gravel bikes. There were so many that it seemed like some event but maybe it was just a massive coincidence. If the latter, it was weird.
A fair number of cow bells, sheep bells, and lamb bells ringing here and there. A nice time in the saddle.
Short ride to throw down some #dadWatts
and another ride with the fam to check out the new Pavilion in Old Town, this one bagged season PRs from 9 to 11 seconds.
It has been a good week for baselining short power. Onward and upward 
to work on the other end of the power curve before my September event featuring a 10 mile gravel climb.
Happy Father’s Day!