Easter Weekend Ride Recap

We took advantage of great weather this weekend for a couple of good rides.

On Saturday we joined the Velosmith Group for a 55 mile ride. There were 8 cyclists from the EBC on the ride, including:
Gary
Heidi
Dave
Hugo
Felix
Martin
Herb
Randy P.

The route included a loop around Ascension Cemetery with the only stop being for a flat tire. After the ride we headed over to Panera and were joined by David and his friend Victor. The pace was not quite as fast as on this ride as it was during the previous two weeks, but still well above the pace our group was riding at in April 2011.

As we were getting ready to start the ride, Dave noticed that Cons was not with us. He suggested that Con was probably "still in his pajamas and fuzzy bunny slippers". It just goes to show that missing a ride leads one open to being the subject of lots of abusive comments, Beware.

Sunday's ride was moved back to 9:00 am so that it could enjoy the brunch at Lake Forest College. The group included:

Rich
Cons
Martin
Dave
Gary
Felix
Martin
Hugo
Randy P.

We were also joined by Rene Boer, the organizer of the Sub 5 Century Ride. His  ride has a goal of raising $100,000 this year for Parkinson's Disease Research. He mentioned that the EBC has accounted for 16 of the 38 of the early sign ups.

Heading north, we went through Fort Sheridan and then headed west to St. Mary's, and the loop around the cemetery and then over to Lake Forest College.