Had a pretty good workout yesterday. I posted a run/ride workout with our tri-group. Only one guy showed up for both, but fortunately I schedule these things to coincide with the local run club and the local bike club, so there were plenty of people for both legs.
The run ended up being hilly, which was ok, but I'm surprised how high my heart rate gets and I'm not feeling tired - I'm talking in the 160s - no problem.
So I was going to be the ride leader for the bike segment, consisting of a 60+ mile ride with an option to bail out at mile 40ish. I posted it as an A- ride, meaning 17-21mph or something like that.
There were 10 people. Those that were planning on the full 60 were taking it easy and were not going the A- pace. Those that were planning on the 40 miles were hammering pretty good and getting a bit frustrated when we had to stop several times.
So I found out that I'm not the greatest ride leader - I started with 10 riders, and ended up with just 1 (myself). Ha! Well, the first 5 took the bail out option. Two told me they would drop early, so that left me and two other guys. They weren't really going an A- pace, so I told them I was going to head back at my pace. I felt a twinge of guilt, but got over it. I think they had a good ride and no one would have been happy had we tried to stay together.
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