OK, so the 508 preparations continue:

1. 75 mile, 7500 feet "taper" ride on Saturday - that was actually pleasant (pix to come)
2. Knocked off the caffeine since Friday to sensitize myself to it for the race. Result? Friday splitting headache. Sunday snoozefest.
3. It's now time to take a peek at the weather (sorry about the caps ... it's what the NWS does):

ON THURSDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OFF THE WEST COAST. INITIALLY...DRY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NEVADA...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS FORECASTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY.

Guess what direction we'll be riding 250 miles on Saturday?