Minor Modification to About Us in Blog Description - Now 20-25 mph

At a mid ride break the other day, Felix and I were discussing the increase in pace of our group's ride. As of four years ago, the typical pace was 15-17 mph. By last year, it had become 20-23 mph. This year the ride has become a bit faster, with frequent intervals at 24 or 25 miles per hour. Thus, I revised the description in "about us" (in the column on the right hand side of the page) to 20-25 mph from 20 - 23 mph.

It would be nice to imagine we could keep increasing pace on a straight line basis. Heck, if we could continue to increase the pace by another mile per hour each year, we would be able to ride a 4 hour century before end of the decade. However, being realistic it becomes a question of how much longer will our group be able to defeat advancing years and keep the slope of the ride's pace advancing upward or at least flat.

The mild winter and summer in March have allowed us to get in a lot of bonus miles this year and is a key reason the ride has become faster this spring. A factor that will make it increasingly hard to continue getting faster is that some of us are probably getting pretty close to the maximum time we can spent on a bike without endangering our marriages.

For comparison sake, shown below are the number of EBC miles Felix, Dave, and I rode during all of 2008 versus miles this year during just January through March 23. Also shown below is the fact that the total club membership has been able to more than double the number of club miles ridden year to date versus 2008 due to the mild weather this winter.