Another short, but beautiful ride today, since hubby left for France at around 2. We left around 11 and it already was feeling quite warm. I am glad I left the arm warmers home. It was around 71 when we left and 74 when we got home. Anyway, went the "easier' way on the loop and started at a good pace, since it's flat. There were TONS of cyclists out. I mean tons. Most seemed to be going slightly slower or much faster. There were also plenty of "Sunday driver" riders who scare me, because this road is so full of cyclists and while it's not a highway, there are cars. We passed a guy and then he got in behind me and asked if he could tag along. I said sure, so he stayed back there for awhile and then he went ahead of Steve and pulled for a few minutes. Then all of a sudden he dropped back. The poor guy was wearing a long sleeved shirt and long tights; he must have been burning up. Whe we rounded the turn to the second part of the ride, there were about 75 cyclists on a club ride stopped at the little store on the Carlisle rotary. It was amazing. Then we caught some guy and rode behind him for awhile, but he kept going on the main road when we turned back to Concord. Anyway, I was proud of myself. I knew I was working hard and my average, including going up my hill and driveway was over 16. SheFly, I even got up to 15 on those little rollers on Monument St. But don't worry, no time trial for me...