MOM, End of Season, and Riding w Girls

I did two MOM races (Grove City & Moraine), neither was my best performance and after the last one I ended up with sign that I shouldn't have done it, a cold sore. This is a sure sign I am getting run down, so it's being done with keeping up with everyone for me for awhile and into some easy cross training and relaxing. Congratulations to everyone in MOM, DH and others! There were so many new faces this year too:-)

Justin and lots of others are still racing into the Cyclocross Season.

Now that I have planned to 'rest', I will be working on keeping up to speed on my 'rest' schedule for the next few months. Most of this I do on my own (jog, weights, commute to work), but I find I still need a little more oommph to keep bike rides on schedule around commuting. So, enter the scene of 'group rides'. This creates a perplexing situation, as usual the people that will show up in colder weather never have the same goal in mind, therefore you either have to ride too fast, too slow, too many hills, or no hills, etc.

This year, a trusty but rather fair weathered rider Michelle (TOP) has decided to overcome this obstacle by organizing 'girl rides'. So far, she has got together a group of motivated people hoping to extend the end of summer riding buzz and they are organizing rides like little bees! On the flip side, I have so far decided most of these rides will not be for me. It is time to get used to my new Singlespeed, while giving me the rest I need to get ready for the tough January/February/March months. Hopefully the 'girl rides' will still be going on in those months when I'll really be looking for some reliable buds.....

On-On-Ruth.