I got an email today while I was at work, informing me that the club ride this evening would be a kind of group Rabbit Run. The Rabbit Run, for those of you who don't know, is basically an on your honor time-trial out on some low traffic rural roads. Now, to be honest, I had been thinking of doing the Rabbit Run sometime, just to see how I stacked up. Thing is, I'm 99.9% certain that "stacking up" is going to look like me at the bottom of a very large number of better times. That doesn't really bother me, but I didn't exactly want to be the person who took an hour to do the Run while every one else finished it in 30 minutes.
So, what to do? I had decided a bit ago that I was only going to do one club ride a week anyhow, so I figured I'd go for a solo mid-range ride. I headed out toward the state park and did a little 30 mile loop. I didn't set any speed records, but as I've been more than a bit of a slacker lately, a lot of it was just getting back in the rhythm of being on the bike. Also, it was a beautiful afternoon / early evening and I did more than a little looking around at the lovely colors of summer.
I've noticed that I'm riding more and more in the drops as of late. I'm not sure that it means anything, but I think at a minimum it probably means I'm getting more comfortable not sitting on the brakes. Also, I feel all pro-cyclist-y. I will say that I have a bad tendency to stare at my wheel in the drops though...need to work on that before it catches up with me in the form of a pot hole...or worse, road kill.
Workout: 31 miles / 16.6 mph average
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