A recovery week

After last weekend's 3 days of heavy exertion, this week needed to be more mellow. I didn't ride Tuesday or Wednesday, and Thursday was an easy hour-long spin.
Today, of course was different, because it was Friday morning with the guys. The Friday morning route is always the same; up the Mill Creek bike trail, gradually pulling into the maximum heart rate zone, and then up the steep side of 5 mile hill, and home.
This week we had the company of an old friend, Lee Zimmerman, who is visiting from Breckenridge, Colorado. Lee, who broke his arm badly last winter, and has a plate and umpteen screws in it, said that he only had 100 miles this spring. (It snowed last week in Breckenridge). All that didn't prevent him from beating me up the hill.
But the amazing thing this morning was Jon taking off from the very base of 5 mile. Normally I can keep him in range, but today was his day and he stormed up the hill. Life is getting dangerous when the primo draft gets out of range of the little people.

Tomorrow morning's ride involves the hills of Lower Waitsburg Road and the dreaded Elevator Shaft. Stay tuned for developments as they happen.