Go Hawks!!!  The team took a trip to a local bar to watch the game.  I managed to find a red jersey numbered 7 at our stayover!  Thankfully my sister was on hand to tell me it was Seabrook's number.  I have never seen the Hawks play with such energy. Our ride to Pittsburgh was short, flat, and enjoyable.  Only just before our arrival in Pittsburgh was there a challenging hill.  Much of the ride was done on a flat trail.  Riders who caught up to my group on the trail were a little taken back.  They asked if our group got a flat or took a break.  In fact, we just wanted to kick back and enjoy the trail at 11mph.  The last 15 miles were full of very good hill climbs that took my breath.  I love that feeling.  completely exhausted.  At the top of one of our lat hill climbs, Conor asked, "You know what I like about you two?  You never complain."  This put things into perspective for me.  In my cancer experience. I had never heard a patitent complain.  They took every hill and mountain like there was no hill and mountain after.  Total exhaustion. It was nice to ride knowing that I wouldn't have to ride tomorrow.  I quickly took a nap when I arrived in Pittsburgh.  I woke up to lunch being served.  Moldy bread, peanut butter and jelly.  No thanks.  I ate some leftover ham and got pizza. Tonight we had a team meeing for isses that we would like to bring out about the team.  Items like attitude, staying positive and bike groups were addressed.Keeping apositive attitude on this trip is alot like keeping a positive attitude during cancer treatment.  Everyone has bad days, but you have to keep your spirits high.  Everyone in that chemo clinic is feeling just as bad as you are.  If you don't keep a positive attitude on this trip, the morale of your teamates will drop, just like chemo. Respect for people's physical fitness was also addressed.  No cancer experience is the same, and no patient will take the same treatment like the person next to them with the same diagnosis.  But, they push on.  As I said earlier in my blog, I like to push myself on this ride to remind me of the struggles that a cancer patient has. An idea that was brought up in the meeting was to draw numbers for biking groups.  this idea did not attract me at first until I gave it some serious thought.  We are a team.  A cancer patient  and their support group behind them is a team.  We all push each other to achieve our maximum potential.  We won't pick numbers for the first ride after our rest day, but I surely cannot wait until we do.