It's contagious!

Eric decided he really wanted to join me on my night ride route. What better way to experience that than to do it on a rainy night? ;-)

We began our little journey at 6:30pm and started with about 11 miles into a noticeable wind. Builds character they say. ;-)

Eric has never intentionally pedaled in the dark. He had decent lights, but did not have his speedometer illuminated. He thought I was riding hard until we got down to Wilsonville and regrouped. I mentioned that we had a 14.4 avg. He thought for sure it should have been several mph higher!

We did manage to push it a bit higher on the return to Tualatin as we pedaled with the wind at our backs. Eric had ridden a century on Sunday and was still feeling the effects of that and struggled to maintain my pace. I looped around at a few turns so as to not leave him out in the dark, lost and alone. ;-)

As we finished the route Eric said thanks for the ride, but added that he didn't think he'd be doing night rides much in the near future.

I guess it's an acquired thing. ;-)

..........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today........25..............0.............0..........0..........25
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........289..............0.............0..........0.........289

YTD........773...............0............21..........7.........802