We had a nice turnout today at base camp, with Locomotive, Gus, Dubya, Beast and rookie Jae, who is fast feeling better after having recently broken a rib (he took a spill on the trail the day after I recruited him). The air was brisk but clear and it made for some great riding.
We did our usual LIE/West Hills, Huntington route. We started about 5 minutes behind the 8:00 T-group, but we got right up to them on Woodbury Road, just before turning onto Sunnyside. Not bad, considering we weren't really pushing.
We skipped the climb of Lawrence Road, but went onto Snake. Gus was getting dropped on most climbs, since he hasn't been riding much lately, and told us not to wait for him, so before we reached Huntington he was on his own. The remaining 4 of us rode very well together.
We took a short break at the Syosset 7-11 and finished off with the usual campus loop. There's something about those rollers that invariably compels us to start racing each other. Dubya just took off and in no time he was out of sight. Jae and I were more or less even and he needed to be shown where the exit was, so we stuck together. Loco was slightly behind, but suddenly blew past me on the finish stretch to the gate (he has a way of sneaking up on you, like midlife crisis).
We finished off back at base camp after 60 miles at about 17 average and feeling great.
Same time and place tomorrow: 8:00 at Bob's. As far as I know Big A and Loco are in. Anyone else?
Let me put it this way. Why ride with the Honey Bees when you can ride with us instead?
Beast
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