City Coach Summer Solstice Century (shortened)

I didn't get home from New Hampshire until almost 9 pm last night. By the time I got back, the riders had already been in the saddle for 2 hours. I had debated back and forth if I wanted to head down and ride with them. I finally decided it would be good for me to blow off some steam from a stressful/crappy past couple weeks. I got home, ate a quick bite, and then headed toward Prospect Park.

I don't know why, but I always get mixed up riding down to PP. I have no problem getting back, its super easy, but for some reason...Last night was no exception. I found myself in a somewhat shady area of brooklyn at night, using the GPS on my phone to figure out which street to turn on. Eventually, I got down to the park and started soft pedaling around the loop waiting on the group to catch up. After about a quarter of a lap, Shane caught up to me. We chatted and he told me that he had flatted, so he separated from the group. He and I rode together for a bit and after about another 1/4 of a mile, Shane flatted again. Just then Cane and Leanne caught up, so I latched onto their small group and started riding.

The full group was pretty spread out for much of the beginning of my ride. Eventually Gary caught back up and then we were able to completely regroup when everyone stopped for their food stop. From that point we pretty much rode as a group until the final couple of laps. I found myself out front and decided to pedal out some stress, so I pretty much hammered solo for the last two laps.

I would have liked to have been able to do the full century, but with the ride down to the park and the ride back, I definitely got in over 60 miles. My bike is covered in crap from the ride. The road in the park was wet and we had a nice big 2" deep puddle of water covering the entire road to ride through every lap. I've gotta find some time to clean my bike soon...It looks horrible.

Nothing like knocking out some decent mileage on a Sunday night.