There are a few women who do the N2 - not many, but a few. One occasionally wears a leopard print tank top from Shebeest. It was (she claims) a gift, not something she would EVER pick out to wear on her own. But it brings out hoots and howls of delight from the guys (and endless banter on the group's Yahoo listserv) whenever she dares wear it.
I think she wears it just to push their buttons...
Well....I just discovered another jersey that makes the guys even MORE crazy than seeing this woman in her leopard print tank. Another women in the group swept her 3 Master's road national championship races last week in Kentucky. Yes....this tiny 50-something year old woman is a powerhouse, and now the owner of 3 national champion jerseys. She wore the red, white, and blue today on the N2 ride. The ride, which had been quite civil and moderate lately, suddenly blew up into race pace. I can just imagine what the arrival of Lance Armstrong would do to a weekend group ride with a bunch of middle aged flunkies.
Fortunately, I rode with a friend of mine, and we got dropped together. She flatted at one point, and so the 2 of us rode back to the end together, alone.
60.75 miles, possibly somewhere in the 16.5 mph range.