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Heart rate monitor: group ride

05:38 (---)
A text message wakes me up: "I'm outside, where are you?" Crap. my alarm was set wrong!

05:42 (92)
Pumping up the tires.

05:45 (119)
Rolling for the ride with Scott.

06:00 (132)
I am wiping the sleep out of my eyes.

06:12 (142)
I'm warm now.

06:22 (160)
We're running late to meet the rest of the group. I get on Scott's wheel.

06:29 (135)
We make it to the meeting spot.

06:30 (129)
The group ride rolls.

06:42 (159)
Someone drops the hammer. I tuck in and draft at the back.

06:47 (160)
Guys roll off the front. I'm moving up.

06:52 (166)
I'm second wheel. Behind Tall Paul.

07:03 (168)
Someone jumps at the bottom of Estrella Mountain.

07:04 (172)
Why am I still on first wheel?

07:05 (179)
I... will... stay... on... this... wheel...

07:05 (189)
He gets out of the saddle over the top of the climb. I stay with him.

07:06 (185)
The group rides around me.

07:07 (176)
I hold on to the last wheel.

07:08 (168)
The elastic snaps and I am dropped.

07:10 (146)
I know when I'm popped. I drop down three gears and ride alone.

07:14 (153)
Two riders who were also dropped pass me. I latch onto the back.

07:15 to 08:20 (129 to 160)
We ride together at a reasonable pace the rest of the way.