SAWMen Cibolo Ride.

Today we(Kim & I) did the San Antonio Wheelmen Cibolo ride. I did the 50+ mile and Kim did 32. The pace was somewhat slower than last month, but there were six riders that worked well together to finish. Dale & I did about 80% of the work in the first 10 miles. He had to get back early and took a shorter route, so I let some of the others do their fair share of the work the rest of the way. We all did our pulls and finished strong in just under 3:00 with a stop at 25 miles.
Thursday I leave for NC and the Tour de Gaps on the 29th. It looks like there will be about 14 riders coming from J-ville and that is a great mark. Last year we had 11 riders, but to bring 14 is awesome.
My next update will be after the TdG and I'll let everyone know how things went.

'Til then,
Ride On!
-Super Dave

A tough ride

What a day for a ride. Everything started out pretty good, but a few miles into the ride, I hit something and flatted my front wheel. Dale stopped to help out but together we had to play catch-up to the group. I tried my hardest to keep pushing, but I quickly tired while pushing into a stiff headwind. Thanks to Dale for dragging me to the water stop, because I was whipped. I recovered somewhat but I still wasn't feeling that good. After a while I ate my br and started feeling much better. Towards the end, I did a lot of the work, but admittedly, the pace was somewhat slower. In the end I finished with 57 miles, and I felt like it.
Kim did a great ride also. She planned on doing 25, but ended up doing 36, because she missed her turn. She enjoyed her ride and also met another rider.
'til next time,
Ride On!
-Super Dave