Understatement of the thread so far I managed to keep up last night, so that is a good thing! At the turnaround a group took off before me but I decided to hang back with a few others. About a couple miles after that I saw the main pack up ahead and foolishly thought "Oh I will just catch up to them". I hadn't realized how much faster I would have to go to do this. It never happened but I did learn something so I guess it is all good.

Pants are a must next. Decent brands anyone??