Another good ride

The week was very windy leading up to the Sunday ride. That, coupled with the fact that in my gut I knew I was coming down with whatever horrible virus had crippled Brian the week prior, had me very concerned about my performance in this ride. I knew Stacy wouldn't be there so I would likely not have anybody to fall back to either. I set a goal that I would work my butt off to keep with a drafting line and not fall back.

I was doing fine for the first half of the ride. I swear we have never hit so many green lights and I knew that as the wind picked up and the ride had less interruptions; I was going to be in trouble. Coming down 1st street I was falling behind. Paul picked me up and brought me into the slowest drafting line so that I wouldn't be alone before taking off again. It wasn't easy keeping up at times but I did; and was very happy to see the HEB.

I was still tired when we took off again but I knew we would have the wind (15 - 20mph at this point) at our backs. One third of the group took off quickly and were gone before we even finished the first mile. I really wanted to make up for the fact that I had dragged on the way up so I really kicked it up to show what I was made of. I was doing fine until we made the decision to take S 1st all the way up to Riverside. It was more traffic than I was used to plus I was very tired and having trouble breathing. There were a few tough hills and I fought hard to keep up with the group.

This week I was pushed hard to keep up with the group and in the end had some great stats to show for it.

28.86 miles
1:45 hour:min
16.4 mph ave