GROUP B GOT OUT FAST THIS EVENING. NOTHING I COULDN’T HANDLE JUST DIDN’T EXPECT IT. THE WEATHER WAS GREAT FOR RIDING. ANYWAY, THERE WERE ABOUT 30 RIDERS OUT. 4 OR 5 IN GROUP A, AND BETWEEN GROUPS B & C THE REMAINDER WERE SPLIT IN HALF. TONIGHT GROUP B GOT SPLIT UP INTO 3 GROUPS PARTLY DO TO THE PACE AND GETTING CAUGHT BY LIGHTS. KELLY (RIDE COORDINATOR) GOT LEFT A FEW TIMES. THE FASTEST GROUP WASN’T STICKING AROUND TO WAIT FOR ANYONE. GOOD FOR US THERE WAS AN ASSISTANT RIDE COORDINATOR, FREEING KELLY UP TO STAY BEHIND WITH ONE OF THE RIDERS THAT USES A RECUMBENT BIKE. WHEN WE GOT TO WAUGH DRIVE I NOTICED A RIDER STRUGGLING TO STAY WITH THE PACK SO I STAYED BACK WITIH HER UNTIL WE GOT TO DISCOVERY GREEN. PULLING OUT OF DG, THE GROUP SPLIT AGAIN GETTING CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC AROUND HILTON AMERICA. BUT, BY THE TIME MY GROUP GOT TO ALMEDA, RIDERS CAUGHT BY THE HILTON AMERICA TRAFFIC WERE ABLE TO CATCH US. COMING DOWN ALMEDA, THE SAME RIDER I HUNG WITH EARLIER GOT DROPPED AGAIN. SO I HELD BACK ENOUGH FOR HER TO GET ON MY WHEEL AND PULLED HER FROM CAFÉ 4212 TO BAR 5015. WHEN WE HIT N. MACGREGOR WE RODE BAR TO BAR. DURING THE STRETCH WE STRUCK UP A GOOD CONVERSATION. HER NAME IS NATASHA, MAJORING IN MATH AT UH-D. WANTS TO TEACH MATH ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ONCE SHE GRADUATES. IT WAS INTERESTING HEARING ABOUT HOW SHE HATED MATH THROUGHOUT MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL. SHE DIDN’T GO STRAIGHT TO COLLEGE, INSTEAD GOT MARRIED…… AFTER A LONG HIATUS, SHE ENROLLED MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY, BUT ONCE SHE TOOK HER FIRST ALGEBRA CLASS SHE FIGURED OUT SHE LOVED MATH AND CHANGED HER MAJOR. SHE WAS ALSO OUT WITH A TORN ROTATOR CUFF, HAVING SURGERY ON MONDAY. ONCE HEALED SHE PLANS TO RUN A FULL MARATHON IN SAN DIEGO, AND DO A CROSS COUNTRY BIKE RIDE FROM CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA DURING HER SUMMER BREAK. CHARITY MILES – ASPCA – VACCINATIONS FOR 50 PUPPIES AND KITTENS