Today my coworker Jason and I went out and rode the 25 mile option of the Dublin, GA Spring Century. There were a few bikes we saw with aerobars mounted on them but I think he and I were the only two that were on triathlon bikes. During all of the hustle and bustle of the start we got separated and so I'm riding down the road on my aerobars enjoying the scenery and this group of riders come up along my left side and the leader rider says "Get off those things if you jump on with us". At first it didn't bother me too much but then the more I thought about it the more it pissed me off. Why did this guy make the following assumptions (1) That I wouldn't get off of the bars if I joined his little group (2) that I even wanted to get on his train in the first place. The nerve of some people. Ok, enough venting.

Some miscellanous bits of info from the ride
- my bike computer was pretty close. The stated distance was 25 miles and measured 24.7 after passing the start finish line.
- my riding time, as measured by the bike computer was 1 1/2 hours and I average 16+ MPH. This improved my time by over 7 minutes from the last time I rode this same route.
- I can't ride this fast and stay aerobic. As Coach Troy says on his Spinervals DVDs make hard days hard and the easy days easy. I decided to make this a hard day and Jason and I hammered the ride after stopping at the first, and only, SAG stop for the 25 mile route. It was my first hard ride of the year and it felt good. I really believe my hours doing the aerobase builder DVDs is paying off.
- Average HR was 150, 1 point below my AT.
- Max HR was 168 on one of the climbs.
- I burned 1280 calories according to my HRM.
- It's great fun hamming down a smooth country road at 20+ MPH with a good friend.
- I can't wait until next year.