Memorial Day Ride - 08

Pictured above Gary Quellet supporting his branch of service in his marine jersey


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To think about a Memorial Day ride is to think about the freedoms that we have to enjoy and to whom we owe our first thought of appreciation that allows us to have another day that we can share these times together with those freedoms. So my first thought of appreciation is to all of those who paid a high price serving our country. May God bless those who have served, those who still serve to protect us and to those families who have lost their own in service to our country.

Today was a pleasant break away from rigid training and ride with our "brew crew", which is a portion of NARC that rides from the Cartersville brewery parking lot. I am comfortable riding with even a smaller group of guys that have defined goals, but to go back and ride with the complete "brew crew" is awesome. We seem to know the riding habits of each other pretty well and today was no exception. I couldn't feel more blessed to have met and joined such a good group of riders that share equal enthusiasm for cycling.

It is funny before the ride start to have heard the amount of people saying they were going to take it easy today with a slight pause at the end (the pause indicating that some mischievous acts could potentially occur). Some were saying they were still sore from Saturday's ride, but once again the "brew crew" provided everything from a structured pace line to various break aways. I enjoyed every bit of it and participated in all of it from being at the lead of pulling the pace line to sitting on the back of the group and I even "attempted" to chase Alan (unsuccessfully) up a couple of hills. Diane was as strong as usual even with a shifter cable break that reduced her to two gears she still was up front pushing the pace up a notch or two. I didn't notice anyone falling off this short, but fast paced ride and I have to imagine by all the smiles I saw at the end that it was indeed another great day to share our cycling addiction together.

A few Memorial Day ride pictures