"The Kissers"

Season Miles: 1,732

26 miles
16.0 ave. speed
84 ave. cadence
Loomis. Sunny, 80, wind 10-12

My legs still a bit tired from the hard Sunday ride with the boys, my plan today was to do a recovery ride. But the wind was mostly at my back on the way down, so I rode the first half pretty fast. Then, turning back into the wind, things really slowed down.

No shortage of something to write about though...two things to note from today.

On the way back I was minding my own business tooling along into the wind doing 18 mph when a car went past me. Right behind the car a rider I had seen coming at me from the OTHER way just a bit earlier went blasting past me on the left, huffing and puffing and rocking all over his bike out of the saddle like he was trying to draft off that car.

The odd thing was that once he got about a hundred yards in front of me he suddenly sat up, then did a U-turn in the middle of the road and continued on in the direction I first saw him coming at me. WTH? It really made it seem like all he wanted to do was chase me down and pass me for some reason. Well, to whoever you were...you are welcome. I guess I played your carrot today.

Then under the overpass at Wimmer Wetlands I saw a first. Two bikes...two riders...a man and a woman...in full lip lock and blocking the path totally. Again...WTH?

My exact words...
"On your left"
Nothing from them...I get closer.
"I'm on your left"
Nothing from them..still in full necking mode, helmets on and all.
"HEY....I'm coming on your left!!!!" 
I also had to come to a stop to inch around the woman who was startled by my passing. She started laughing and said, "Oops. Busted."

Honestly. Hey, I don't mind a couple of people getting frisky under an overpass, but do your  business off the middle of the path. Go get a room.

Ya never know what you're gonna see on a ride.

Watching the TT opening the USA Pro Cycling Championship on Versus. There will be coverage all week long each afternoon this week. I think it's great that big-time pro racing has returned to Colorado. Cadel Evans and the Schlecks are here too. This should be good.

Tuesday and Wednesday are rest days. Back on the Roubaix on Thursday and Friday is the plan.