This was my longest ride since my injury riding over 61 miles. The pace was swift and at times fast as we battled the wind on and off from 20 miles to 40 miles and was into the wind most of the last 20 miles. As you know even when the wind is at the side it feels as if it is in your face. The ride started out with 4 of us and at about 40 miles I got a flat and one of the riders had to get home so he took a short cut back. I would like to thank Gary, Hercules and Mark for coming out to ride with me on my birthday. I later found out there were a fewothers that came out but they didn't get the updated notice of the ride time change. We started 30 minutes before the regular group ride so that we could finish near the same time which we would have had I not got the flat and took so long to fix it. I had an issue with the valve stem extender not fitting through the carbon wheel stem hole. I finally had to use my multi-tool to hone the hole larger. The ride was enjoyable and a challenge for me being the longest by over 15 miles and at good pace. Some of the road condition was piss poor and bumpy which made the ride even tougher but we managed. I need to do more of these long rides to get my base up especially since some of our road races are this long. Thank you to all who me a Happy Birthday!