Notes
My first group ride turned lost and solo. I meet Gary and the guys for a group ride at Target Center at 6:10 in the morning. It was 27 degress out. F'n cold. I had never biked in anything that cold. My gear (baclava, two gloves, tights, under armor long undershirt, long sleve pullover, jacket. But I forgot my baggies for my feet and man did my toes get cold. Later when I took my shoes off I could not feel them at all, and it stayed like that for almost an hour.
So we take off, and it is a slaughter. The fast guys jump off, and I decide to see if I can hang. I grabbed a wheel and hung on for dear life. I did great until the hill at the u, where the pace leaders dropped me. I caught the second guy and hung on with him, then the pace leader had to stop and light so I was able to hang on his wheel for a long time. It was a very very tough ride, I was panting after some of the hills. Somehwere near the end of the ride, the front pack starts splitting off as people head to work, etc.. .I told them I would hang back and wait for Gary. Well I waited forever, no gary. So I decided to head back and got seriously lost, turned out to be about 20 miles of lost.