La Grange

I did the LaGrange bike club's "fast" ride this morning. About 30 riders, 26 miles. Nice warm up, 3 sprint points, but pretty tricky course. No a lot of room to wiggle. Speed greatly depended. I think the Fla rides were tougher, because they were more consistently straight. This ride did a lot of starting and stopping and turning. But I will say there's nothing like going from being stopped at a light to 33.5 mph in 10 or 25 seconds. We spent a lot of time at 25, 28, and 30. The sprints get going at 33 and I think the guys who are winning must be topping out at least at 35-36.

They really bad part is the end, where the last two miles are on a gentle incline. "Gentle" means you are now going 22-24 uphill, as opposed to 30 flat. Not what I call fun exactly. Which makes me very curious about tomorrow, being that the same group rides up a mountain.

Stay tuned...