37 miles on a beautiful morning. Thought it was going to just be me and 1 or 2 other ladies, expected the pace to stay around 15mph. To my surprise we had a male escort. Unfortunately one of the other riders had a wheel touch at about mile 8 and went down very hard. After getting his bike checked out and him a little cleaned up, we were back on our way. However, he started to feel dizzy, so he and the only other woman turned back. I continued on with "the guys." I set an all new best pace over a distance with these fellas. We all took turns pulling for about a mile at a time and our pace for the first 20 miles was nearly 17 mph. A far cry form the 15 I was expecting. Now I've done that pace before but never for that disatnce. I asked them to slow a bit on our return trip, bringing the overall average down to 16.2. I know for some this isn't a big deal, but for me it was huge!