FINALLY, GOOD RIDING DAYS
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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 by Jim Douglas
What a fantastic weekend in Indy! Beautiful weather finally for a couple of days straight.
So, I'm still in the single digits as far as total ride count is concerned, following the whole 9 months off the bike, and somehow, I found my way Sunday morning leaving Andy's house with 11 or 12 others, embarking on a "three hour tour". Nothing serious, a casual ride to say the least, but none the less, likely going to be more than I could really handle. Armed with two bottles and a couple of Cliff Bars, I lit out with the boys. 40 or so miles deep, and a good solid headwind for a third of it, I'm close to cooked and trying to gauge my ability to get home at any decent speed with the group. Lucky for me, a couple of the guys were making a turn towards home at that point, cutting about 10 or 15 off the total loop. "Perfect!" I think, so I jump on with Michael and Nic and suck wheel the entire way home.
52 miles after we started, I was still standing and quite happy to have gone out that morning for a ride. I even feel pretty stellar today. Can't wait for another long ride this week......
