Friday May 6th "Return of the Jinx"

  Today we had four riders,Olga,Fran,Duke,and myself.Beautiful sunny day and with this crew the pace was thrown away.Arrived at BK in one and a half hours,however someone(I won't mention you name Fran) had to use the four letter f word before we circled the lake. Flat. After a short and pleasant break at BK we headed back at a pace that would have had us finish in three hours or less when shortly after turning onto Retreat Rd. Duke got a flat on his front tire.The new tube pinched so Duke elected to hike w/bike with 3 miles remaining. Fran(our new jinx,your off the hook Kathy) went ahead with Olga to get motor transport for Duke.All said it was a wonderful ride at high speed 17,18,and even 19 mph,that culminated with everyone safe and thankful for a really pleasant and swift outing.I don't want anyone to think future rides will be this fast,they won't be,we'll do the C- pace,but when we get a small capable group that can move like this ,we do.I clocked 32.4 miles in 3hours 44 minutes. Without the jinx,I mean flat and walk you could throw out the 44 minutes.Wish all the Ladies a happy Mother's Day.Anyone who is unable to post or comment on this blog let us know on the dridesplus forum.