Got the chance to ride to the beach with the National Austrian Olympic triathlon team! I gotta say, it's tough to spot Olympic athletes 40 lbs and 40 yrs and be a contender! Non the less, the ride was fun. It was mid 60s with a stiff breeze gusting out of the NW. Heading east was not bad as we had a tail wind. When we got to A1A we headed north into the wind again. I got dropped along with the club member that organized the ride. None the less we finished only about 1/8 mile behind them, thanks to some traffic lights and construction delays. The trip home started out really good as we were heading south with a tail wind. I kept the 2nd spot in the pace line to Spanish River Blvd when I noticed that we had dropped my riding partner, so I hung back and picked her up. We rode the rest of the way home together along with another guy from the club. It was tough going back to the west, and we finished about 10 min behind the team. We then all went to Starbucks for some post ride coffee.