Activity: road cycling
Location: Laytonsville > New Market > Mt. Airy > Urbana> Laytonsville, MD
Distance: 67.5 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 3:27
Weather: sunny and lovely, 70-80 degrees
Avg HR: 139 (max 172)
Type: aerobic

PPTC “Antiquing Away” ride. A good group turned out for the ride, ready to have a good time. I was riding strong, dropping folks repeatedly on the climbs (I’d drop my pace back a bit once I realized that most of the group wasn’t going to follow me – it’s more fun to ride with the group). Jason (the Brewer) had three flats within a mile, the first two being a double-whammy pinch flat on a pothole. Luckily, the group had plenty of spare tubes and CO2 carts at the ready. But it didn’t damp the spirits of the riders, as the weather was simply gorgeous – so unlike typical August “triple-H” weather, with low humidity, few clouds and deep blue skies that perfectly framed the Catoctins and Sugarloaf..