I had an *interesting* 30 mile ride today. I am still so young in my cycling attempts , but I have a fun story. Last year there was this guy I always tried to chase. I could NEVER hang onto him he just left me in the dust as soon as he knew I was on his wheel. He is in his 50's I'm guessing and I was just impressed with his ability so I tried to hang on for my own kind of push. He went on our group ride today and said he burned himself out of cycling last year. I was really surprised at his comments. He was off the bike since September and this was his first ride "back". He has been skiing all winter he said, but no riding. He's funny, very sarcastic, but I get that and was entertained by his comments on the ride.

The first 10 miles were really flat, low traffic, bike laned streets. Although dark clouds loomed we had NO rain <<--happy dance here. The next 5 miles a group of us sprinted (for me) at about 20 mph on a nice flat stretch. We regrouped and then entered another flat stretch for a few miles before the last leg...the rolling hills. I love these. They are just at my level. I can book it up some and struggle up some. Perfect for me right now. Good for my ego; good for my lungs

So back to my man who makes me a better rider...I smoked him up some of the hills and was able to sprint on the flats with him at 20mph (don't laugh this is good for me)

I was just so humbled and proud at the idea of how riding a BIKE can be. How you can just feel so on top of your day/game and be literally floored the next moment literally. I'm so lame, but I'm having so much fun!!!