commute 4/24/08

Greetings Readers!

Guess who was waiting for me at that old stoplight? Yup, you guessed it, My Pal Speedy. “Hey how you doin?” Great, here I am still trying to recover my fitness back from Za Enza and here’s Speedy to whup my butt. “How you doin Speedy?” I reply. We make small talk, and Speedy tells me he’s suffering from allergies, he sounds terrible. The light changes and were off, Speedy takes the front and I just watch him go, No way am I chasing you today Speedy, I think to myself. But wait, Speedy isn’t leaving me? I’m sitting on his wheel, boy he is suffering from allergies. I pull up along side, “Hey Speedy, want me to take a pull for awhile?” and I take the front. “I could use a pull today” Speedy replies. Wow, this is cool, I’m giving Speedy a pull, go figure? That didn’t last too long as Speedy is too fast to be pulled by the likes of me. So he pulls around me and takes the front. I’m right on his wheel, and we get out to the wider bike lane and ride two abreast. We start chatting like old pals, and Speedy is actually riding with me. We chatted all the way home. We talked about cross and road racing, I race cross, Speedy road races (big surprise there) I like Speedy, he can kick my ass in his sleep but he gives me a little respect, and the time of day to boot. Thanks for the lift today Speedy, I needed it! I didn’t even notice how cold and windy it was.

The weather man is promising me a sunny weekend, I hope so!

Miles ridden today, 19

Miles ridding 2008, 1120