Saturday

Today's ride was good although our group only consisted of three people.,,myself, Jim (the bike shop owner) and a new gut named John(?). When I met John I asked him what kind of pace he was looking to do, he said that he was about 17-19mph rider. Well that's not what I wanted to hear..but OK, it'll be a slow ride. I was really surprised that more people didn't show up considering that the weather as the best that we have had in a long time. The forecast was calling for temperatures in the upper 70's and winds about 10mph. So I don't know what the deal was. Oh well,…I was excited to ride. Well Jim was a few minutes late,…but no big deal, I was not in any kind of hurry. Took out normal time warming up and then I took over up front and kept the pace at about 20mph. I wanted to see how John was doing,…but every time I looked back he was hanging in there. 21, 22, 23..25….John was doing well. I was joking to Jim that John might be a sand bagger! Amway, I managed to get in about 52 miles this morning. But the fun ride came later in the afternoon when I rode my mountain bike with Carmen. My wife decided that she would get a bike and start to ride. Well I had been rollerblading and running with her during her rides…but she is getting too fast for that. I dusted off my mountain bike and lubed it up and it was ready to go. My wife rode 5 miles! That was a milestone for her and I was very happy! One of the better rides I've had.

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