Lessons learned on my first 10 mile ride

[Geonz]

I do laps pretty regularly (but a: I was a swimmer first, and cornfield laps are *still* more interesting than chlorine laps, b: my four-mile grid actually has a sort-of *hill* on one mile of it, so it's more interesting than 8 miles of corn/soybeans/corn/soybeans anyway and c: it's harder to get lost!). Trying to do that hill mile in the same time the second or third time around is a great workout. But then, with the trailer and cheering crown, you're getting that already!
I do believe the residents are just used to me ... 'round here, they're pretty friendly to wandering souls, even if we're wandering in squares or circles... you could really get to know your neighbors :-)