Posted by Daniel Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:05:09 GMT

Next week I start what should be a very exciting gig in the City. More about that later. It will take quite a bit of time and commuting, and so other than Sundays, an occasional night ride, and the trainer, my group cycling season may be over. I will try and find out about doing some of the commute by bike, but it’ll take some time to figure that out I suspect.

There’s been a midweek ride for the last couple of months filled with stay at home moms, consultants, folks out of work, and retirees. It’s been a really fun ride, because there’s a diverse set of folks and the ride is essentially flat (with occasional hills thrown in for fun) so there’s lots of time for conversation, joking around, and the odd sprint for a sign here and there.

Today was the last one of those I’ll be able to go on for a while, and while that’s cool, I’ll miss some of folks I’ve been riding with almost every week.

Today, I joined the pre and post who run up a road by the Hudson for an added 20 miles. That took the normal 30 miles and made it 50. There’s one more ride tomorrow that I hope to make, although there are hills involved, and while my knee continues to get better it’s still not 100%… but at least one other person will form a “groupetto” with me, so we should have fun regardless of the group pace.

Tomorrow will most likely be my last group ride for a while. So it goes. Allez!