WEEKLY RUNDOWN

Tuesday was another Tuesday ride. Hard efforts where thrown in on Winifred and Tallahassee. The group dwindled and by the end of Eight Mile road my lights went out. I watched the remaining four ride off into the sunset. I had Steve to ride with for a while, but he eventually hitched a ride behind Weaver's truck. Not enough air back there for me. Great day for a ride, pretty good legs, not enough energy. Hats off to Dustin who, after some early ride tips from Steve, made it down Winifred with the group. A couple of more weeks and he'll probably have it figured out and make it all the way around with us.

Thursday was time for something different, unfortunately in some regards, it was more of the same. We'd put together a loop that included ten miles of dirt road, just to add a wrinkle to the ride. Several notable people were absent, others didn't like the idea, so that left Steve, Chip, and me. Chip won the "professional dress" award; outfitted in a retro jersey, sew-up tire wrapped around his shoulders, and riding his vintage steel Colnago. All that was missing were the leather goggles. We headed out, passed within ten feet of a turkey on Flowing Well, then hit the first section of dirt. Within minutes we were out and onto Mud Creek. Just a few pedal strokes and we turned onto Old Thompson and more smooth dirt. Towards the end I had several deer run across in front of me and took time to watch them run off into the overgrowth. We hit Gillionville and rolled in at a comfortable pace and only several minutes off our normal time.

Hopefully we'll be able to convince more to join us next time.