Today marks the third ride for the Quickstep kit in a row.  I said I wanted to wear it for my first three rides and did.  Good thing...it was starting to smell a bit! HAHA

I saw the carriage company dude out today but way out in his pasture doing something.  Not sure if he saw me or not.  I'll stop if he's near the road sometime and tell him why I wasn't around for a while.  Still no Trudy or any other walkers for that matter today.  No deer either.

I did however come down Trout Run to the stop sign were Upper and Lower Glades meet and as I slowed up to stop if needed (yeah this is a spot I tend to unclip and glide through if I can...I know BAD!) on one of the loops I saw a cyclist out of saddle climbing up Lower Glades.  It looked like he had a kit on.  It almost looked like a Team CSC kit actually.  But I just kept going.  I'm sure he saw me.  The thought of doing that Glades climb is scary.  I could not do that again this season anymore.  I'll be lucky to climb Druck Valley again before Winter hits.  

Thinking he might follow, instincts made me speed up till I realized this was, after all, a recovery ride after yesterdays long LSD.  DOH!  I slowed up and said to myself "if he comes this way, let him pass and don't chase."  He didn't so no pressure there on my mind to have to keep up.  It's funny how a cyclist just instinctively does that shit...we are a weird bunch

"Must try to keep up with the kit dude...
Must try to keep up with kit dude...
Must try to keep up with kit dude..."

It's the way we roll, injured or not!

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I hear ya

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