I did another MS training ride today - 50 miles, flat to gentle rolling hills, back to flat, average speed was 15.7 mph. About 200 riders total out for the ride.

Unfortunately about 8 miles into the ride, a rider in the paceline in front of me taped wheels with the rider in front of her, and she went down. No one else crashed. Somehow a chunk was taken out of her helmet just above her eye. We got back on the road after she was loaded into the ambulance. I haven't heard yet how she's doing. Pretty much pain on every bumpy part on her right side (head, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee).

So a group of us that should have been riding the middle of the pack, were in the back. When I rolled into Rest Stop 1, I was the last rider in. As it was very humid, and folks were burning yard debris, my lungs weren't too happy. I had trouble keeping up.

(Bonnie Cat, is trying desparately to get my attention, and is currently lying on top of my left hand)

I took one short cut, shaving 5 miles off the full route as I spent most of the time riding by myself. Riding 50 miles solo is completely different than being in a paceline. I prefer a paceline