The advent of the R2 unit

A quick summary of the last couple of days.
Friday.
Dropped Mark off for his 2 day FW/Dallas road trip and flew back home in his jetty Civic (its so jetty the side view mirror has to be duct taped on for reinforcement during the sonic booms). I pull out the bike and hit the trail, it was a warm day so I tried out my yellow jersey, tour de France yellow, and the only real bicycle jersey I'll be taking (they are a little pricey). I had a normal day on the roads, 4 or 5 dog chases and open pavement.
Road stats:
Milage: 20
Avg mph: 11
Max Speed: 32

Saturday
This was spent mostly struggling with college application stuff and a wee bit of partying. My good Alice High buddy Ryan lives right down the road from Mark and I went over to his house to hang. Since this is a bike log I'll just say, I ate fajitas and smores while drinking around a fire and playing guitar hero until 6 in the morn.

Sunday was a day of rest, just like my man JC.

Monday
After wrangling with getting up, I got on the bike. It was fantastic.
Road Stats:
Mileage: 25
Avg mph: 14
Max Speed: 38
I felt strong the whole time. I'm not going to lie, I was contemplating an early Mexico departure all day. To reward myself, I went to the REI in N. Austin and bought the BOB Ibex trailer. It's beautiful, a marvel to engineering. I met some cool bike guys there, this dood named Wade gave me some good ideas and recommendations from his tours across the US. As cool as they were they didn't not install the trailer, which is basically replacing the back skewer with an elongated one to hook up the trailer, a trailer hitch I guess.
Bike Surgery.
While I watched the Gators romp on Ohio state, I realized I hadn't done bike maintenance in over 5 years. So I tore into it, first with the bike right side up, balance was an issue so I turned it around, aaa that looks familiar. Quick release tire, almost forgot to unhook the brakes, then struggled with the chain (I did put it on its lowest gear before that step). Un screwed the axle, pulled out the skewer, and threw the other one in, by the grace of God it fit perfect. Putting the tire back of course got tricky with the gears, I couldn't remember what it looked like before, a mental fart of about 5 mins (I'm also distracted by the BCS Championship game).

Tuesday
Time to take the BOB trailer out, but before I did, I named it (it's easier to curse things with names)..... the R2 unit. Now that I have my R2 unit the attack on the Mexican empire is moving ever closer, "I will crush them"-Borat. I loaded R2 with about 3/5 of its burden, then it was to the road. I did a couple of safety turns in the parking lot and then I was out. First impressions, it was heavy. After about 10 miles I forgot it was there, and then at about 15 miles every hill was a penance. I was going slower than ever, down to 5 miles an hour, balance is an issue at that speed.
Road Stats:
Mileage: 24
Avg mph: 10.5
Max Speed: 26
I was suffering on the last 5 miles. I also had my first road repair, the chain fell off moving to the lower front cog, simple fix. It lead to my first wound, I slight cut on the knee from the dog repelent in the Bento Box. Another first, sucked down the 3 liters in the Camelbak before making it home. Times like these makes me glad I decided to train, I can end my ride and have a hot shower and a meal right away, next month this time, It will be very different (hot bath and a cold margarita with a senorita).