It was (finally!) a beautiful day in the D.C. area today.
I met some friends to do the LBS's "C" ride a bit earlier than the shop's group left. We had about a 20 minute head start on them. I thought for sure the hammerheads would catch us - especially since we weren't exactly lighting the roads on fire. But they didn't.
Along the way, we picked up several other riders - friends, really - who we happened to run into along the way. So our original group of 3 ultimately grew to 6. I always find it amazing that while out for a ride on roads miles from home, in a county that has a population of nearly a million people, I will randomly run across people I know. Well, maybe it's not soooo random, as the people I know ride bikes, and beautiful, warm, sunny Sunday's in November are the PERFECT time to be out on a bike!
47 miles for the day (because we rode from home to the ride and back).