The team ride yesterday was pretty interesting. The planned route was up and down the coast starting at Mission Bay to Carlsbad and back. We've done this route dozens of times. We started out with more than half of last week's group missing. Natalie had to work, Joanie and Susan had a conflict and couldn't make it. Kristen wasn't there and Julie and Jenny had moved to another group. Hmmm, what do they all have in common? They are all female. The remaining few were mentor Tom, Me, Jeff and Kent. The ride definitely had a different feel to it with all guys, with the primary difference being that the average speed was way up from last week. Poor Tom was still recovering from being sick all week and did all he could to hang on the entire day.
The ride out was pretty uneventful, except that Tom's bike computer died on him. He's the one in charge in the groups but was flying a little blind with no data. I didn't pay close enough attention and we ended up riding a bit further than we had actually planned. It was still well within the ability of the riders and our available options.
We get to talking and it seems that each of the three guys, I'm riding with are 56 years old. They start referring to themselves as the B-56's. I've never been the young buck on a ride before. Several whippersnapper jokes later, we get to the inevitable Torrey Pines hill. The boys are feeling strong and we decide to climb up the inside (Park). The inside route is shorter but steeper and can be a real lungbuster. I'm climbing along and a jogger starts to pass me. Oh hell, no. I'm shamed into speeding up and stay ahead of him.
Back to home base and to greet the other teams coming in. We rode a pretty fast day
Totals were
53 Miles
14.3 MPH average speed
2400 feet of climbing
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