Thursday, May 26, 2005

Different Faces

Ahhh, it felt a bit cooler this morning, which was really nice for a change. I was up early again for some reason - well before the alarm went off - so I took my time riding out to the levee to meet up with the Thursday ride. There were a bunch of folks there who I wouldn't call "regulars" this morning. The speed was anything but steady most of the time, but we had a bit of a tailwind heading out and spent a lot of time in the upper 20s. I was watching them surge at the front and wondered if they really understood the whole headwind/tailwind thing. I knew it would be harder on the way back.

It was a pretty good ride anyway, although I was feeling kind of preoccupited or something - not really focused on the training ride. I spent most of the return trip hanging out near the back of the paceline, which was being short-circuited somewhere near the front. Eventually the rotation started making it all the way back to where I was and I started taking pulls again.

I think I'll take a little break this afternoon and see if I can get the little print server I ordered working on our complicated network so that we can all finally share a laser printer again. Should be fun!

No comments: