nellichaos

last night i rode the slowest twelve miles i've ever ridden on a bike. columbus has started doing sunday night girls rides, which i think is an amazing idea. about twenty lovely ladies went out last night and did a circuit from buckeye donuts to german village. however, for some reason, it was a painfully slow ride. since i started cycling semi-regularly, i had thought that my skill level was pretty low. after last night, i discovered that i am actually doing alright. my issue previously had been that all my riding was done with boys, boys who are serious about bikes. by the end of the ride, i had pulled way ahead of everyone else that was there. i felt sort of assey about it. on monday night rides, there is this kid that always tries to lead. he's a total ass face and goes too fast. he had a bad attitude too. afterwards, i totally felt like that kid. i also learned that it's not really okay to say "cunt" on an all ladies ride, especially when they are all liberated bike ridin' ladies. evidently, i am just crass.
that being said, i would love love love to be going on the monday night ride here in about a half hour. i would be pulled by stronger riders and forced to do my best....buuuuuut, i have a pretty gnarly sunburn right now and a really bad tummy ache. effing lame.
i think this week, at least the two days i won't have to run outside errands, i am going to bike to work with one of the other girls there. i'll have that, at least. and if i can get off work early on friday, we're going to to go cleveland and race. wOOt!

ryan and i went to my parents to swim today, hence the sunburn. it was pretty good. they'd never met her before, but it seemed to go over pretty well. they even took us out to dinner. way to go parents!