. . .But yesterday was the Tour de Femme(60M) in Cary and I enjoyed the ride immensely. The ride was for women only but I was invited to do the ride as a support rider, taking pictures and helping with mechanical problems. Unfortunately I ended up dropping my camera at about 12 miles and my photo taking job was done. So at the first rest stop I was recruited to chapperone one of the young riders. None of the women enlisted to ride with her could keep up, so I ended up riding the remaining 45 miles of the ride with 13 year old, Michelle Svarovskaia, from Cary. She was an awesome rider, for her age. I was shocked that she could ride so hard for so long. Not that we were too near the front, but she led the pace and she kept an 18-19mph pace for 50 miles She did not get passed by a single rider until the last 3 miles, and that was only because of the traffic lights. Otherwise she would have easily caught and passed the other rider. She slowed down around the 50 mile mark for about 10 minutes, probably just to catch her breath, then she motored on. She would have finished very strong had we not had to go thru all the traffic lights near the end of the ride.
Thanks to Bicycles Spoken Here and the staff and supporters for a great ride.
