I awoke this morning to a cold dark sky. When I hopped on my bike this morning it was still dark outside and the temperature was a balmy 41.3 degrees. Surprisingly, there were still 23 people in attendance for the no-drop ride. Mark, one of the leaders of the ride, that typically stays with the slower riders was not in attendance. He was on a separate training ride preparing for an upcoming Ironman event.
For weeks I have been encouraging folks to attend this ride because of its friendly style of riding. It has been a no-drop ride not only in pace, but Mark has even shortened the route to accommodate newer riders.
I asked Scott, the other leader of the ride, who was going to ride with the slower group in Marks absence. Scott told me he would. This was a good thing, because one of the riders I convinced to attend today did show up, but I was not planning on completing the ride all of the way back to the store, so I knew my friend would be be taken care of after I turned off.
I have family in town from Tampa, so I was going to turn off and ride over to my sister's house to spend some time with them. The only problem is that after the first couple of miles, we never saw Scott again. He didn't ride back to check on us like he said he would and for this I am really disappointed. My friend ended up riding to my sister's with me and we had to drive him back the store so he could get his car.
35.16 miles - 15.2 avg speed - avg hr 139 bpm - max hr 175 bpm - 2,321 calories burned
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