Sunday

With the weather as good as it’s been, I figured that it would be nice to go for a longer ride and spend some time out in the warm sun. With the temperatures in the upper 70’s who can complain. I called a fellow triathletes Kevin, to invite him along. He accepted, but we had to go early….6:20 am which is before sunrise. I didn’t mind. This is the first time that I had company on a ride like this. Finding someone as crazy and as strong of a rider as me is hard to do. We had a great ride. We both took turns up front pulling at about 22-23 mph. I shoed him a back way to go through Palm bay which he really liked. Things were going great till we were heading up US1 through Grant and Malabar. First I had a flat tire (the rear)….a few minutes later and a new tube and we were on the way. Then…Kevin…rear tire too. The rear tube is the biggest pain to change because you have to worry about getting your chain dirty and cruddy. That can ruin the rest of the ride. But luckily, neither of us had any problems…and the rest of the way back up US1 was uneventful…luckily. Kevin had a great ride as did I. We are about as strong as one another…but not at the same time! When we had a head wind..Kevin was strong and did a great pull, and I was stronger in the last few miles to bring us back into Melbourne. That ride was about 78 miles with an average speed of 21 mph. Kevin wants to go back out with me next weekend which is a great compliment! I’m pretty tired now. Carmen made a huge pot roast with all of the trimmings for lunch. Still don’t know if mountain biking is in the plan for this afternoon…hope so. That was fun yesterday.

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