Interesting group dynamic

psycholist wrote:
:: Last night as we gathered for our Tuesday night club ride, the racer
:: guys were all gathered up shooting the breeze in the parking lot,
:: laughing, sharing stories, etc. Then up rides this kid who turned
:: pro last year and got a spot on one of the top national US teams.
:: He's one of the rising young starts of the sport here. Anyway,
:: suddenly all the laughter and banter in our little group just
:: stopped. It was comical. You could tell everyone was reassessing
:: the ride ahead. We all thought we knew what we were in for and who
:: to watch out for, etc. Now it was a whole new ballgame.
::
:: And sure enough, it turned out to be about the hardest ride I've
:: done all season. But the funny part is that it wasn't that pro guy
:: initiating any of the action. It was all the wannabes trying to
:: show off for him that were making things tough. The pro guy showed
:: up with 73 miles in his legs already. He was just cruising.

As a wannabe wannabe, this story gives me a certain satisfaction! 🙂

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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psycholist wrote:
:: Last night as we gathered for our Tuesday night club ride, the racer
:: guys were all gathered up shooting the breeze in the parking lot,
:: laughing, sharing stories, etc. Then up rides this kid who turned
:: pro last year and got a spot on one of the top national US teams.
:: He's one of the rising young starts of the sport here. Anyway,
:: suddenly all the laughter and banter in our little group just
:: stopped. It was comical. You could tell everyone was reassessing
:: the ride ahead. We all thought we knew what we were in for and who
:: to watch out for, etc. Now it was a whole new ballgame.
::
:: And sure enough, it turned out to be about the hardest ride I've
:: done all season. But the funny part is that it wasn't that pro guy
:: initiating any of the action. It was all the wannabes trying to
:: show off for him that were making things tough. The pro guy showed
:: up with 73 miles in his legs already. He was just cruising.

As a wannabe wannabe, this story gives me a certain satisfaction! 🙂

Roger, did you do Tour de Paws? If so, how'd it go?

Bob

psycholist wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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::: psycholist wrote:
::::: Last night as we gathered for our Tuesday night club ride, the
::::: racer guys were all gathered up shooting the breeze in the
::::: parking lot, laughing, sharing stories, etc. Then up rides this
::::: kid who turned pro last year and got a spot on one of the top
::::: national US teams. He's one of the rising young starts of the
::::: sport here. Anyway, suddenly all the laughter and banter in our
::::: little group just stopped. It was comical. You could tell
::::: everyone was reassessing the ride ahead. We all thought we knew
::::: what we were in for and who to watch out for, etc. Now it was a
::::: whole new ballgame.
:::::
::::: And sure enough, it turned out to be about the hardest ride I've
::::: done all season. But the funny part is that it wasn't that pro
::::: guy initiating any of the action. It was all the wannabes trying
::::: to show off for him that were making things tough. The pro guy
::::: showed up with 73 miles in his legs already. He was just
::::: cruising.
:::
::: As a wannabe wannabe, this story gives me a certain satisfaction! 🙂
:::
:::
::
:: Roger, did you do Tour de Paws? If so, how'd it go?

Yeah, loved it. I wasn't feeling that great -- I think I ate something that
didn't agree with me and I was sleepy as hell, but I finished. It was a
good bit easier than the Tigerville ride, but I did avoid getting
competitive. I left a few minutes (well, maybe more than a just a few)
early and managed to get to the first rest stop before the peloton caught
me. It kinda felt like fun to be in a breakaway group, even though I
cheated 🙂

I'm going to do the Ride for Raptors on October 2.