Two Glen Ascents - June 5, 2019,

RIDE REPORT

Wednesday, 5 June 2019, Two Glen Ascents
Ride Leaders:  Barry Nelson & Kathy Horvath
45 or 42 miles, 10:00 am start from Burchard Park, Weston, MA

Riders (21):  Barry Nelson, Kathy Horvath, Adena Schutzberg, Barry Kaditz, Beth Rosenzweig, Bruce Lederer, Cindy Chin, Doug Chin, Gerry Sheetoo, Harriet Fell, Ira Weinberg, Jim Whinfield, Julie Stephenson, Rich Taylor, Rochelle Holman, Rudge McKenney, Selig Saltzman, Susan Sabin, Veronica Vedensky, and first-timers Lauren Johnson and Tom Wilmot.


Kathy led the faster group that did not want to eat mid-ride at the Blue Moon.  I was surprised that my group was larger (11), suggesting that there are WWs who want a different type of ride.  Perhaps we should offer, more often, the option for lunch during the middle of the ride instead of at 2:00 pm.  I promised that our group would be slower than Kathy's, and our average speed was 13.1mph.

Thanks to Jim for sweeping, although the group stayed together for almost all the turns except for the two Glen ascents.  We had a leisurely lunch at the Blue Moon, and a few riders requested a 22 minute delay so they could finish their nap before continuing on the ride.  There is a very short video of our group at the end of the ride.

Report by Barry Nelson.

There were ten 42 mile Through-Riders, and nine of us started out while Rich made a quick trip home for missing equipment - suffice it to say “We’ve all been there.”  The group was evenly matched for riding preferences, except for the stronger hill climbers   Regrouping at the top of a hill or at the next intersection kept the group together and very little arrowing was needed.

We stopped for a nature break at Dover/Sherborn High School and, as we were leaving, said a quick "Hi" and "Bye" to Barry, et al. as they pulled in.  We continued on and enjoyed a fuel/rest stop in Dover center where a kindly gentleman saw us discussing options and offered his shady lawn and fresh water from an outdoor hose.  Soon after, we were joined again by Rich and were back at ten riders strong.

As we began the second Glen ascent, the leader was seriously lagging and, in effect, became the sweep!  Kathy thankseveryone for the collective leadership skills at the end, especially since I began sinus/viral symptoms upon returning home.  Thanks also to Rudge for sweeping, to Gerry for filling in at the end, and for the courtesy and safe riding habits of everyone.

We returned to the start before 1:30 pm for an overall average speed on the leader’s odometer of 14.2 mph.

Report by Kathy Horvath.