It was very nice! But I don't know what you would qualify as worth a trip from Indy. It was not a difficult ride in any way. Sat. was mostly flat. Sun had one nice hill and several smaller ones. There was no support at intersections but it wasn't a problem. The course was well marked and the roads were mostly nice (a couple of places with gravel). There was sag support on the roads and the rest stops were nice but still the basic fig newtons and store bought cookies fare. Lunch on Sat. was Subway sandwiches (which I love) and brunch on Sun was homemade egg McMuffins (which I also loved) but nothing fancy.

I could easily go out by myself and ride 50 miles, but to me it's been really important for Mr. to ride with others and I think that this was a great opportunity for him.

I still have a lot to learn about group riding myself. As a triathlete, we don't do much drafting and such.

I'd never pulled a "paceline" before and was apprehensive when it was my turn. I found that I usually pulled up with too much power and pulled out ahead. As the only woman, I felt that I had to make extra sure that I wasn't holding the group back and I think that I over did it? how do you know how hard to pull? Also, how do you know when it's your turn to pull up front?

Then at one point I was really dragging and told them that I couldn't pull for a bit. Mr. took a couple of my turns while I gathered strength. Is that OK?