Did a club ride that I have rarely done. Partly because I had scheduling conflicts and partly because I always sucked so much on it! I do other club rides, but this one is a fairly intense one where the super fast riders duke it out to the finish. Not everyone is super fast and there's even a slower group that leaves before the faster group, but even the slower group has typically been way faster than me in the past. Anyway, I have improved a lot and realized my schedule allows for me to do this ride now, so now I decided to try to do it weekly.

So, I left with the slower group and, what do you know, I didn't get dropped! Out of 6 of us, plus one guy who left even earlier, who I passed , I was the third one to the top (of the climb that is, before they turn around and tear up the downhill, which is the part I totally love). And the three behind me were pretty far behind. This is SUCH a thrill. Not only that, but there were stupid crazy headwinds. So I didn't get a good time to the top, but still rode very respectably. But the best part is, my time back to the start was so good, I got a personal best time by a pretty significant amount. YAY!!!