First serious ride with my new "team"- sponsored by a Kia dealer - Team Soul (after the Kia Soul). We had a more casual ride last Sunday. Today, there were 21 riders but they split into two groups with a longer and shorter option. I took the long ride - 52 miles to the north and west of Tucson. We did a lot of pacelining, it wasn't super hilly (1200 feet of climbing altogether), and I ended up with a speedy (for me) 16.0 mph average. I know a few of the gals already but am getting to know most of them. I'm still in the slow end of the group (at least for the long ride), but there is a lot of cooperation and it's no-drop. We are starting to train for El Tour de Tucson in November.