{"id":1135,"date":"2011-08-04T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2011-08-04T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:47:10","slug":"branched-out-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/branched-out-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Branched Out Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, after cycling home from work, I was looking for a few more miles. \u00a0I had a few options available within a short distance of the house, and decided on the one that was leaving from Spin Pizza<\/a>. \u00a0There were two route options, so I showed early to weigh my choices. \u00a0About 6:15 the first group took off, and they described that ride as “27 – 30 miles at an 18 mph average.” \u00a0Ummm, no thank you. \u00a0That was a pretty serious-looking group of \u00a0cyclists. \u00a0A few things they all had in common; \u00a0All the bikes cost slightly more than my motorcycle, and the people riding them weighed about as much as my right leg. \u00a0Y’all have fun. \u00a0That left me with the 6:30 group, who were at the other extreme end of the spectrum. \u00a0 \u00a0With the exception of a few people, (including one Munkirs will readily recognize as “Pinarello-guy,”) it was definitely a bunch of hacks. \u00a0Which is to say, I fit right in with this bunch. \u00a0So, we took off on our pleasant 12 mile journey, holding a blistering pace of about 4 mph. \u00a0Huge group too; \u00a0I did a rapid head-count and hit 38 people. \u00a0It wasn’t a bad route actually; \u00a0We wound through Mission Hills for most of it, which made for a sort of cool “Tour de’ Homes.” \u00a0After a while we re-grouped in a parking lot, where the ride leader had parked his truck and had ice water and energy bars for everybody. \u00a0Now there’s a new twist on the group rides, I thought that was awfully nice of him. \u00a0Shortly after that break, I started to get a little bored though, and took off after two guys riding like they were trying to qualify for Team Garmin. \u00a0Bad idea, shame on me. \u00a0We quickly pulled far away from the group, and when we got to Ward Parkway they turn around, look at me, and say “Which way now?” \u00a0Really??!!! \u00a0You were riding that fast and don’t know where you’re going? \u00a0Good grief. \u00a0Again, shame on me; \u00a0If you don’t know the route, stay behind the ride leader. \u00a0Anyway, we turned north and started back, eventually winding our way back to Gregory and Wornall. \u00a0Here my new friends again got puzzled and couldn’t figure out where to go. \u00a0I offered up some rare input; \u00a0“Why don’t we just get on Brookside and roll down the hill to the start.” \u00a0One guy actually waves his hand at me dismissively and says, “No, Brookside doesn’t go through, that won’t work.” \u00a0Well well, end of my input. \u00a0I shoulda just rode on by myself, but I’m a team player so I stuck with them and their foolish choice of Pennsylvania. \u00a0Yeah, I could have told them that meant stop signs every two blocks for the rest of the way, but I was done. \u00a0North is north anyways, I figure. \u00a0So, we haltingly rode back, and indeed did end up at the pizza shop. \u00a0I did jab my one small measure of revenge in though. \u00a0Upon our arrival, Navigator asks, “You coming in for pizza?” \u00a0I replied, “No, I need to ride back home.” \u00a0Navigator: “Oh yeah, how far you still have to go?” \u00a0\u00a0Phil: “Not far, I live right off Gregory. \u00a0I just take Brookside the whole way.” \u00a0Fat Boy OUT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night, after cycling home from work, I was looking for a few more miles. \u00a0I had a few options available within a short distance of the house, and decided on the one that was leaving from Spin Pizza. \u00a0There were two route options, so I showed early to weigh my choices. \u00a0About 6:15 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}