I went to the club ride start and the only ones wanting to do the ride I wanted were the 2 speedsters I rode with last week. We set off to the corner of the valley to climb out but it was raining so we went a different way and caught up to another guy we know and headed into the Santa Monica mountains and dropped him off where he was to meet another rider..
After a while I told the others to go ahead because I would slow them down too much on the climbs. They did but they encountered another woman we know going the other way and they were chatting so long that I caught up. We stayed together (sort of) for some more climbing until they suggested going into town for some lunch.
The ladies went inside to order and I asked for a scone. She bought me a giant pannini instead. Of course, I ate the whole thing and struggled on the little climbs afterward. 2 weeks in a row someone has bought my lunch.