Aren't always the best.... but can they work out even better?
I was packed and ready, two laps at the Reservoir before I had to pick up the kiddos at school. But then I find out I have to take Noah to a morning podiatrist appointment then drop him off at school.
No problem, if I stay on task, I can still get in the 16 or so miles I yearned for on such a sweet day (the weather has been unbelievable). Drop the rug rat off at school and beat feet home to change and load up the Goblin onto the car.
Wait, I have an e-mail I need to check... then a box of bike goodies come FedEx, gotta open that up and look.
Ok, I'm a bit behind schedule, but if I hammer, I'm still good to be back at the school for the early pick up.
Nice pace up the hill out onto the trails and feeling good... this will be THE ride of the month.
Then it happened... the dreaded, "Hey, this is my first time out here do you know the trails?/ mind if I tag along?" rider. "Dude" I'm thinking to myself "I'm out here to hammer, you can't keep up"
So what do I do? I can't ignore him and just ride by, that would be just plain rude. Try to explain it quick and leave him fending for himself? Bad juju....
"Sure you can tag along." You know, it still ended up being a great ride. The weather was too nice to just blow through the woods like that and not take it all in. Bob was awesome, kept up (in fact probably did better than me in some spots) and maybe I found a riding partner during the week. And he loved the fact he was finally able to piece together the loop out there.
Nothing cooler than helping another rider out.
It was a great time... and if I stay on task, I can hammer two laps out there before work tomorrow....
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