May 15th, 2008

I did this North ride tonight. It ended up being a bit more of a Cycle-Logic ride than I thought it would be. There were eight guys total, with seven of us wearing the orange and grey (okay, well, I was wearing white and black, just because I still feel kind of weird wearing the team jersey outside of team rides and races - I'll get over that by next week, I'm sure).

We ended up doing about 30 miles, but with only eight of us, there was no place to hide, and I did a pretty good amount of work, if I do say so myself. I held the pace pretty high before the first sprint, and didn't have the legs to try to contest anything, so I sat up and just tried to get up the hill. After the re-group and quick (half a mile tops) recovery time, we picked it back up and started taking pretty good pulls again.

Had a great time getting ready for the final spring. I was sitting on some guy's wheel, I think his name was Robert, and Gerry finished up his pull and came right up beside me. Thinking he was just slowly sliding back, I kept my spot. Slowly but surely, I noticed Gerry putting me closer and closer into the grass on the edge of the road. For some reason, I find it really funny when people bump me off wheels. It turned out Robert's was the wheel to follow though, and I'm sure I would have just been another obstacle to get around for Gerry, as he took the sprint and finished pretty strongly.

It was a great group of guys and a great workout. I can't wait until next week.