I had a great ride today!!
So our weekend club ride was cancelled, so I went to the big Saturday morning Lakemont ride (practically everybody shows up to this; 4 different rides start from here with different routes,speed, and level of skill). I decided (and was pushed by some I ride with ) to ride with the A group, which is hella fast. But I've been wanting to ride faster, especially since I want to race.
Oh My Goodness, the 'soft pedal' was at 23mph and we hung at 28mph+ mostly There were about 60 of us and only 3 women out of the whole group.
The thing that was great about this was, I actually hung on for 35 miles out of 40!! These guys (and 2 other ladies) were fast!! I'm proud of myself for riding in this group, even though I got dropped the last 5 or so miles and 'pedaled' home at 20 mph. I think I might have to ride with this group much more often just to satisfy the sadist in me