Alright, the conveyance world around me is falling apart. First, the car needs $1400 worth of work. Second, my Trek needs $500 worth of labor and Campy components. Finally, the motorcycle just came back off the DL due to a dead battery. What does this all mean: well, no car until tomorrow; the motorcycle is now running; and, the bike for today's ride was my 10+ year old steel Univega. Wow, did I get some looks when I showed up on the old monster.
Thankfully, the bike is really good on the flats and that is pretty much what we had in store today. To make matters a bit easier, the fast folks didn't come out to play today. It may be because some are tapering in preparation for this weekend's Davis Double. I still can't imagine riding 200 miles in a day!
Still, today, Group 1.5, as John likes to refer to folks of our speed, actually found ourselves on the front of the peloton. The result was a more reasonable pace that would have been good for a Thursday. The physical devastation wrought by most of the Thursday rides is such that I am still suffering on Saturday. It seems that giant 90 minute intervals have the ability to do that do me.
Mercifully, today was about reasonable speed - go figure. Let us now give thanks. :-)
The photos are of my teammates Vanessa, Caesar, and Doug from Steve Asche's 'Buddy Ride'.
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