Today's ride was a bit different as we rolled out on Saturday to make sure the families got their "Dad's" for Father's Day this Sunday. As such we had lots of additional road cycling traffic for the ride. It made for a bit of a challenge at times, but also some great and exhilarating moments like rolling through Oceanside on the way back just a short while before the start of the 2012 RAAM team event. Our group was able to see a few of the teams warming up and rolling around town and a ton of spectating folks simply hanging around during what turned out to be a beautiful day at the beach. In addition, we were also very privileged to be joined for the ride by Andre Szucs, an amazing Challenged Athlete and division winner of the 2011 Ironman World Championships in Kona.
Rode out in Group 3 with fellow ride leaders Lynne Lyons and Hooter and a group of great folks including Andre, Brian, Andrea, Matt, Jeff, Bruce, Dan, Virginia, Bill and several others. The route was pretty straight-forward 55mi heading out from our 'normal' start at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach out through Camp Pendleton to Las Pulgas and back. The great thing is we are starting to get a good feel for the groups and people are beginning to settle in to their 'zone'. The other things is we have a great mix of MDC and Back 2 Back Century riders, first timers and multi-year veterans, so its making for great conversations and fast friendships. The fellowship out there is awesome.
We had a few of the normal glitches on the road in the group with 1 flat on Brian's brand new wheelset and a broken spoke for Chin at about the 40 mile mark coming back through Oceanside right near the RAAM rollout (conspiracy???). All was worked out included good stories at the SAG and great support from the CAF crew - THANKS!!! In the end, all groups made it back safely and many hung around telling stories about the day and plans for "Dad's Day" tomorrow. Keep Riding and Keep Smiling!!!
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