I posted our Sunday ride up here but plans were pretty shaky going into sunday morning so nothig final went up on the board here. Sorry about that. It kind of developed as it went. This is what happened:
Tom Markley, Mikey Roland and Ray Dybowski rode west to the Ann Arbor Practice Criterium hosted by Paul Allman and the Ann Arbor Velo Club. Paul deserves credit for a job well done.
The gang of three rode the 40 lap practice race. Superdave, who was racing on his track bike since his regular bike was burgaled earlier this week, attempted to solicit Mikey for a lead out during the finale but Mikey reported that, with 74 hard miles already in his legs, he had to firepower to string things out.
The treo met up with Jim Bruce of the Ford/Giant cycling Team, a long time elite level cyclist, on the return leg. Jim Bruce proceeded to get on the front of the group and pull them home at 27-28 mph non stop all the way back from Ann Arbor. Total mileage for the day 118 miles, all of it hard. An Epic.
I am sorry I missed that ride. A ride like that affects you genetically.
At the same time Aderhold, Mario and I struck out due east. We turned left at Detroit River and rocketed through the empty US Steel facility and Zug Island. We followed Jefferson through downtown Detroit in front of the Rennaisance Center and continued past Jimmy Schmidt’s five-star Rattlesnake Club restaurant and out to the affluent community of St. Clair Shores for a beautiful tour of the Lake St. Clair coast. At 28 miles we turned around and breakfasted at Panera Bread in St. Clair Shores then did a hard effort into a building sunny, headwind all the way back to Dearborn. We only got 56 miles on the day but it was a nice ride.