I think this the the third time this season I've come off a long break. This last one was a 5 week hiatus caused by my trip to the Yukon, BC and SE Alaska. I got home late Sunday night, 1am Monday really and tried to join the Tuesday night bike shop ride the next day. Wow was that painful, still tired from the long travel home. Yesterday I met NealH for the Roan Moan, a metric (or century) here in WNC. We got to the start but the weather was very poor with heavy rain in the area. We bagged the organized ride and headed SW behind the rain for the Pigeon Loop, a 45 mile favorite with 4000' of climbing. We had great weather, thus justifying the decision to bag the metric. I took my time and got through the ride without too much suffering.

Today we met in Black Mountain and did an awesome 34 mile loop with very little traffic and 3000' of gain. I felt pretty good for a second day. Maybe I'll make a third comeback this year and find some form before the snow flies.