I had to go to work early, which meant I had to be back at my house by 7:30am. So I rolled out about 5:30am and headed towards the Palos Verdes Hills. I passed the beautiful Malaga Cove Plaza at the foot of the hill, where I knew my tri club would be organizing a ride at 7:00am. Did the climb in the pre-dawn darkness and did some rolling hills before heading back down to Malaga Cove.

At 7:00am I saw the tri club heading out so I turned my bike around and joined them as they started up the climb again. I wanted to ride!!!!
Ride??? Work!!!! Ride??? Work!!!!

But darn...I had to go to work. Partway up the climb, I bailed and yelled to the ride leader that I was gone. I turned back down and headed home. On the way home, I realized that the ride leader thought I couldn't make it up the simple hill. He must have thought, "What a wuss! She got dropped early!"