Well I know it's been awhile. I have been trying to recover from allergies. I finally had my first good week on the bike. I rode 53 miles with the group from Plano Bicycling Association. We headed out to Lake Lavon in Texas. They opened up the dam for an event that we were hoping to bypass. Well we made it over the dam but someone flatted and we had to wait. Then all the other cyclists started to fly by. How embarrassing. This was their race and we were in the middle of it. Anyway, we pressed on. We were challenged to go up a couple of hills that were not so challenging. As I was getting ready for the second climb, I noticed a cyclist in front of me that I was about to pass and shouted on your left. He couldn't hold is line and yelled again "On your left!" He didn't slide over. We shared some words and I chose to ignore him. Obviously, he had a different understanding of what "On your left" meant.
I was up front for the most of the ride led us back over the damn which was nice. With about 7 miles to go my legs were getting tired. I had led most of the way and now the guys who sat on our wheels all day pushed forward. Andrew one the guys I met last time was riding a hybrid with knobby tires. He kept up without a problem. Nice to be young. : )
Overall it was a great ride at an avg speed of 18 mph. Not too bad. A lot of complainers that the pace was too fast. Oh well. One woman was complaining that she got dropped in a no no drop group. She was able to catch up because the red lights.
On Sunday I rode out to Weston TX, 30 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph. I took it easy and just got the legs spinning. I am now getting ready to watch stage 2 of the Tour of California. It looks like it rained in Stage 2.
Quit complaining and keep peddling!!!
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