Plan was to meet Dave at work and go on an early morning bike ride, he texted me last night and said he was to tired and thought it might rain, when I woke up this morning it wasn't raining so I decided to stick with the plan and just go alone. 1 mile into my ride I met up with a group of 9 other guys and asked if I could tag along, they said sure. We went up Big Cottonwood canyon for a bit then turned off and went parallel to Wasatch going South, up Little Cottonwood to the turn off and then down to Wasatch, looped around through some neighborhoods and back. 22.2 miles round trip, I felt really great the whole time and was able to keep up with Mike (the group leader apparently) and on the hills I usually was able to pull ahead. I'm glad to see I'm in decent shape still, I made them all feel bad when I told them I didn't ride bikes and this was only my second bike ride in 4 years. They meet every Tuesday and Thursday, I think I will try and join them, I'm also trying to figure out logistically how to start commuting to work from home, it's a 20 mile route and I think I could easily handle it 2 times a day. If weather permits I may ride home from work tonight and back tomorrow morning.
Rain stopped around 3:15 so I decided riding my bike home would be fun, Had a nice tail wind going South and made it in good time. 1:15 for ~25 miles. My Garmin died half way home.
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