Every year the Bicycle Coalition of Maine puts on a couple of different rides, one being a women's ride that is on June 1 this year and another being the Lobster Ride which will be July 20. The women's ride (but not the Lobster Ride) happens to fall on a weekend I will be off work, so I just signed up for the 50-mile option. Long enough to be a challenge, without being overly ambitious since I have never done a big organized ride like this before. It will also be good preparation for a charity ride in the fall that I told some people at work that I would do with their team this year. If anyone has any tips/things they wish somebody had told them before their first organized ride like this, I'd love to hear them (even though at this rate it's going to be a while before riding season starts around here!!).