March 31st, 2009

Solo ride. First 4 miles were spent on fire roads trying to find the singletrack (frustrating). Consider this a warm-up for tonight’s road ride.

Bicycles East’s road rides start next week so this will likely be the only time I ride with Cycling Concepts. The ride was split: half the riders would take Rt. 17 into Portland, the other half would ride South Glastonbury. Conrad, Jeff, and I broke away around mile 3 and added a few extra hills. I out climbed them both, but Conrad is exceptionally fast on the flats. This is something I need to work on. But about the hills — I decided to be polite and stay in line for the first half of the ride. After that I tended to accelerate up hill and take the lead. This prompted Jeff to add some distance. I found out that he’s racing the Root 66 MTB series, too. Different age class, though. Overall pace (17mph) was a bit slower than the 18.8mph from last week’s solo ride (24 miles).
Post Ride Beer: BBC Pale Ale Growler