Century this wknd...need advice

[pranachick]

I do most rides alone. Even when I start riding with friends, I wind up getting dropped at some point. Sometimes I find myself riding at the same pace as a stranger and we start chatting and wind up riding together. Or you just say hi to people as you pass them or they pass you.

hmmmm, y'know come to think of it...my husband would have TOTALLY dropped me during the Santa Fe Century had a few of his riding buddies been there (so I would have been alone and he would have been at the finish line drinking a beer and waiting). Because it was the two of us, he waited at the rest stops for me and rode with me (ie...I completely drafted) on the flats.