I had a fairly nice solo ride, doing the harder version of my loop. It's about 16 miles going that way. When I rode on Tuesday, I felt like H***. My lower back hurt, my quads hurt, and I swore the brakes were on. And it was windy. Yesterday's ride was not perfect, but I managed to average over 15, including the hill climb at the end. I had conferences yesterday. I got to leave at 1:30, so I did my ride at an earlier time and had plenty of time to spare to get back to school at 6.

SheFly, it is nice to read about someone else's ride on the roads I always ride on. My husband used to do those rides and he always came home amazed at how quickly people got dropped... he would start with the Bs and sometimes they would get so crazy, they would be averaging 19-21. One time some woman who was about 65 was leading and said," OK, now we'll pick it up," and he could not even come close to staying with her. Turns out she was a ten time national champion. I can't remember her name, but I used to see her riding around Boxborough when I lived there.