A is not I

Well, I joined the group ride on Tuesday. My first real road ride of the year.
Marquette has enough riders to have three groups: A or elite, B above average, and C average. Being the end of March only the really serious riders are what you expect to see show up. I had no illusions. I expected to get dropped, but it is fun to ride and riding with faster people only makes you better.
We left the parking lot at a leasurely pace and I thought I might hang on for a while. But by the time we were a few miles out, I knew it was only a matter of time. Sure enough, at the 5 mile mark warm up was over on the Grove street hill near 492 and I got dropped. Not by a lot, but enough I just couldn't bridge up. After about a mile and a half, someone dropped back and towed me up. I hung on for the next 15 miles or so and then finally chunked out the back for good and soloed the last 8 miles or so.

A good ride, even if I was dropped. It looks like I may not be an A group rider here in Marquette. Maybe I can move up to it over the course of the summer. I'll keep at it.