Week of October 1 rides

I want to say thanks to everyone for showing up and having a great ride on Saturday morning. My apologies to Tim for not checking my messages before we pulled out. I hope that everyone enjoyed the ride as much as I did and it was great to have Al and Ken back on their bikes. We had 13 riders in the group and averaged about 18.5 mph for 30 miles.

I will be riding during lunch (usually leave at 11:30 AM) from my office Tuesday through Friday this week. If you would like to join me, we can organize a place to meet along a route or we can meet at my plant, there is parking and routes around the reservoir or out toward Red Oak are easy to start. My current plan is a moderate 20 miler on Tuesday, 25 to 30 on Wednesday relatively fast, Intervals/hills sprints on Thursday and a recovery spin on Friday.

How many people would be available to ride on Saturday morning this week? As we went North last week, let's plan to do the Elm City Loop to the South this week - 34 miles, flat - this week. I think that the 7:30 start worked pretty well, but we will leave from the Belton and Schrimper dental office. Please RSVP.

Finally, if you have had difficulty signing up for the group, here is the Yahoo tutorial site. Please try to sign up and if you know anyone else who may ride or would be interested, be sure to send them an invite to join after you sign up.

This is the web site address you can give to them so that they can sign up. If they visit the site, they can start by clicking the "Join this group" button and following the instructions.

Thanks again for the great ride on Saturday. Oh, and best wishes to Cliff, Tim, Dave and anyone else participating in the Pinehurst Sprint Triathlon this weekend. - Eric