Today I decided to try the weekly "randonneur" ride put on by one of the Portland shops...it is advertised as a more relaxed but longer ride so I thought that sounded pretty good. Today's ride was supposed to be 32 miles...well, it ended up being just over 40! My longest rides so far this season had been 20 miles so I was pretty beat by the end, particularly since I had a hard time staying with the group on uphill stretches (I'm pretty sure I had the heaviest bike in the group, by quite a bit). After seeing our distance, I felt a little better about how wiped out I was! The ride included a couple of short off-road sections too, just to keep it interesting.