Wednesday Ride

Today I went on my first mid-week ride. In the morning I received an email from Jessi Thompson asking if I were up for a ride at 5:00 pm. I did not have my bike with me but the weather looked awesome and since I have been slacking a bit in the training department, I was excited about getting out on the road. So I left work a bit early and headed home to get my bike.

After arriving at the Thompson's house to meet before the ride, I was excited to hear that Roger and Tiffany were going to join us. I was feeling pretty good and knew Roger has been a bit under the weather so I thought maybe today was the day I could possibly keep up. So we took off and headed out towards Highway 2. And just like before when I think there is the slightest possibility that I can draft off of Roger and Jessi, they began to pull away. This was not after like 5 miles or even 10, but after maybe 2, those two are crazy.

So as they began to ride off into the sunset, I thought well I will just slow down for a second and ride with Tiffany. I had only recently met her and thought it would be a great time to get to know each other. As I turned around there was no Tiffany. Apparently while I was trying to keep up with the Thompson's for those 10 seconds, she missed one of the lights and decided to do her own ride so once again I was alone on the group rides. WooHoo.

If it were not for red lights I would have rode the entire ride completely alone. Fortunately for me but not her, Jessi missed one of the lights that Roger rode through and I was able to catch up. We rode the rest of the hour long ride together. It was actually a very informative ride where Jessi explained to me the importance of "power" while you are pedaling. I am by no means an expert but the amount of power you exert during each pedal should be about the same whether you are ride uphill or on flat ground. I definitely have not been doing this right and was shocked to see how slow you should really go when going uphill.

I am thankful for all the information everyone is willing to share to help each of us reach our highest potential. I can definitely say without everyone in Tri-Fusion I would not be where I am today.

Thank You, Everyone