DH and I did the shop ride.
Someone showed up with a not-ready-to-ride bike (ALWAYS bad form...), and we got a late start because the LBS owner, Mike, was fixing this guy's bike. A big slug of folks left early, thinking the signal was given to "go". But Mike was still inside. So, the ride fractured into several groups before we even left the parking lot!
A. again coached Erica and me up Mass Ave, and he led me out down the street at the top...told me to get on his wheel, otherwise I was just wasting his time! He later told me we were cruising at 25-30 mph the whole way! I even decided today to go up Mountaingate. Aicabsolut knows that hill. Short, but very steep -- my Garmin shows a max grade of 15%. I did okay, going up with the group, but really maxed out my HR at the top and the re-group was really brief, so I got shed off the back pretty quickly when they started up again, trying to recover. It was all I could do to hang onto last wheel, as I didn't know the route to get back to the main road. Always an incentive to ride FAST when you don't know the way.
Unfortunately, Moutaingate sapped my legs and I posted my worst time going up Old Angler's Hill. Well...that's where improvements come over the season, right??
36 miles at 17.3 mph.