Fuji you're not a wuss, I'm just a wee bit crazy I have a bit of a sunburn, especially my nose. I ran out of sunblock and thought it'd be not too high of a UV day. My arms are a bit pink too. Guess when you leave the house in arm warmers, it's deceiving. Kudos for taking the north end. I almost got taken out by a guy on a bike when I came around a corner by Navy Pier. Today will be a recovery ride, then probably off on tuesday. I think I'll be ok with the 200k on saturday.

Lise, you rode up Chicago? How was that for being poorly paved? Especially near the intersection at Halsted. If you take Des Plaines north out of the loop, it intersects with Milwaukee Ave. Take that north and you should run into Elston around the same spot you did yesterday. I think Elston ends at that chicago/milwaukee/whatever intersection. Milwaukee certainly isn't that busy down there. I took that route in yesterday, down to Jackson then cut over to the path. I'll try it again and verify that that's the right way and pay more attention