...a Sunday Ride

trying to get back into a bit of riding before I give Ole' Saint Nick a run for his money in the weight department. Yea, I'm getting, or should I just fess up and say I'm out of shape! Haven't been to the gym all that much....same with riding my bikes - Nada! Longest ride has been maybe just over an hour in the last several months. I've set up the trainier with my Cross bike on it - yup! not a single cross race this year - probably should have justr sold the bike, but I'm hanging onto it for that slim chance I'll race cross next year.
Sunday was the day I was plannning my first "real" group ride. The Deep Blue Cycling team has a ride going out of Wilmington DE that will go 40 or 70 miles - I wanted to try and see if I could even finish the 40 mile ride. Woke up (it was my birthday) and feeling lazy as usual I bagged the ride and slept in (shocker!!).
Decided later in the morning that I would just head out on my own for a short ride. Shortly into my ride I came across some of the
Iron Hill Club and they did not seem to mind that I hang with them for a portion of their ride......I was riding pretty much the exact same route as they were anyway. It was nice to actually get out a ride with a few people instead of riding all by myself. In the end I actually road for just over 2 hour and 40 miles - nothing earth shattering, but it's a start.

Hopeing NEXT WEEK to make a group ride with someone somewhere just to try and start getting some miles on my legs and fit back into some of my pants.

Photography related - I had sent in pretty much all my main equipment into Nikon for service or repair (always comes in 3's). D300 body was having some issues with the preview button, D700 had a grain of sand stuck in the playback button that caused the entore back panel to not work....and my main concern was my 300vr f/2.8 was still not tracking focus correctly. This is a $4500 lens that was heading back to Nikon for the 3rd time for the same problem. Nikon is a GREAT company and after a very easy discussion with the Service Department, they agreed to replace the lens with a BRAND NEW 300vr f/2.8! Just got the new lens last week so will have to get it out for a test run.

Michael