On Saturday, July 7, we lead a women's road ride up on the North Shore.  Anne Noga put together a really nice route out of Salem.  We were cooking along, and we pass a group of 3 guys.  No big deal, right?  Well, a few miles up the road, Anne gets a flat, so we all stop and she fixes it, while the rest of us rehydrate and chit-chat.  The 3 guys ride back up to us and offer their assistance.  Being the self-sufficient women that we are, we quickly thank them, but decline their assistance.  They stick around for a few more minutes and keeping chatting, depite our obvious lack of interest in them.

Why is this interesting?  Well, as we were all chatting, one of the guys pulls out a liter of Vodka and takes a swig!!  Yikes!!  In all my years of training, Vodka was never recommended to me as a drink of choice while on a long road ride.  I wish I had been able to witness our reaction to this guy, because I believe I would have seen 12 women simultaneously widen their eyes and open their mouths in awe.

Luckilly, we never caught back up to them.