March 6 Rides

[shootingstar]

Might be useful just to post a message to the group ride members in friendly tone, Hi there, I missed some of you folks...kind of tone. Hope to see you on next ride...etc. Then mention 1-2 enjoyable things you saw that you wished to share with another rider if someone was around at that time.

Does this happen often to you with this group? If it's a one-off, then keep it low-key.

[HillSlugger]

Might be useful just to post a message to the group ride members in friendly tone, Hi there, I missed some of you folks...kind of tone. Hope to see you on next ride...etc. Then mention 1-2 enjoyable things you saw that you wished to share with another rider if someone was around at that time.

Does this happen often to you with this group? If it's a one-off, then keep it low-key.

This was the first time I rode with them. I don't know if this has ever happened before to anyone else. I don't know if this was a "sanctioned Group ride". There wasn't really anyone in charge. We had been discussing an anticipated average speed and my riding was so bad that I didn't end up in that range. I (childishly?) feel like I'm owed an apology but I don't really want to get anyone in trouble.

I think the true bottom line is how to we keep this from happening again to that newbie who might not be able to fend for themselves? Should I take this directly to the club president?

[HillSlugger]

I've cooled down (again) and decided that I'm best off discussing this with the club president:

Hi <name>,

I'd like to let you know about something that happened on Saturday's group ride. About 8 of us met at Centennial to ride a loop of the Half Full bike route. Before the ride we talked about trying to maintain a 15-17 mph average. As it turned out, I was having a terrible ride and fell off the group before we'd even gone a few miles. I wouldn't have wanted to hold the group back, but nobody even realized they had lost me until very much later so nobody came around to check on me. I'm an experience rider, familiar with most of the roads we were riding, and well capable of taking care of myself on a solo ride so I was never in any danger. However, what if I had been an inexperienced rider unprepared to take care of myself, thinking I was on a group ride? We had never discussed if this was a no-drop ride or anything and I don't think anyone was really leading the ride. Still, from my view there was a real failure of responsibility. From a <Tri Club> perspective, I think there needs to be some sort of expectations for group rides to protect the <Tri Club>. On every ride organized "publicly" through the group email list somebody needs to be in charge and everyone needs to know the rules for the ride before wheels start rolling. I feel like I'm tattling to the teacher, but I thought that you should be aware of this for the good of the <Tri Club>.

Thanks, Nicole

[WindingRoad]

Me and the BF had a great ride yesterday. Was just a toodle really we only went about 28 miles. I was pretty much feeling like poo (first day of Aunt Flo's visit) but I still had fun. Was a little under dressed I think. My BF cracks me up he's always saying he's so weak yet he goes tearing up hills and I eek my way up to meet him and he's not even out of breath. He's a runner by heart so he is NEVER out of breath. I run too, albeit not nearly as long as he had, but I still end up sucking wind on hills. I've got to get better at hills so I can keep up.

[tulip]

25 cold miles on Saturday and 42 slightly warmer miles on Sunday. Overall a great weekend of riding.