As per Steve Owens' Saturday ride report, the only people to show up for the usual Saturday ride were Doug Milliken and Steve. Ryan, his friend David, Alex and Ali did the Pete Penzell ride instead, but without Pete.
Perhaps ABRTers were feeling a little contrite about missing the Saturday rides; the proposal to do the Saturday ride again on Sunday met with wide support,and a significant number of riders started from the Davidsonville Park & Ride at 10:00AM Sunday, including John K, Lance, Kyle, Aaron, Bob, Steve, Mike Wagner, Ali, and Greg Smith.
Different riders have different training objectives at this time of year, and the group quickly split into Steve Owens and Mike Wagner doing the 2TT off the front, the wheelsucker by himself behind them trying to hold steady power numbers, and the first chase not far behind him, followed by a second chase.
Mike, Steve, the wheelsucker and the first chase all recombined shortly before crossing route 2 before the rest stop, but the wheelsucker was leading into the traffic circle, got a gap in traffic, and got away. By upping his target power band for a short while the wheelsucker was able to stay away to the rest stop.
When Mike, Steve and the chase one group rolled in, the wheelsucker announced he would continue without stopping and left, assuming the rest of the group would follow, and would probably catch him as there was a strong headwind to be dealt with on the way back. But the wheelsucker had a long and tiring ride by himself.
When he finally arrived back at the Park & Ride all the ABRTer's cars were gone. Greg Smith was still there and reported that the entire group had short cut the course or turned around at the rest stop. No WONDER no one caught the wheelsucker...
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