Rode a wonderful 100 miles today with a delightful group of people. Thanks everyone for a very enjoyable ride. The first 35 was the 144 and we had about 12 riders for that portion. It was a beautiful morning and Dave Hoglund kept us at an honest pace. At this point about half of the field was women. I am so excited for my daughter! The future is very bright!
The second stage was down to Dunn Brother's where I noted that Jeff has come a long way in his riding. Just another example of someone gaining great fitness in our group and having a great time doing it. The iced coffee was great and we checked in on the tour.
For stage three out to Baker Park and back home, Evan and Jason, of UJVFC fame, joined us. It was a nice ride until Jason peeled off and noted that our average speed was pretty low. This was a dirty trick because everyone knows that a triathlete can not deal with hearing that so our pace went up about 4 MPH. Nuts, I guess it was good.
That was it except for this... I asked Evan what was required to race Headwaters, where we have our year end party and ride, and he said, "You have to be able to ride 100 miles." Thank you Evan. Now you can also tour it for 30, 60 or 100 miles and hope our whole group makes it up there! The bit that bothers me is that some people want to race it and other riders told them they should reconsider... the riders that want to do it also have a plan for riding it together. How cool is that? I mean who in their right mind would tell someone not to do that? There are people who give energy and those who suck it up. Headwaters is a great place for ANYONE to try out racing, especially if you are doing it with friends! Go for it and join us for a TON of fun. It is about fun, isn't it?
Oh, one more thing the count at the end was 2 guys and 4 gals... cool!
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