Went out with the Boundary Riders this morning - I've never been game enough to show up on a Tuesday before (for the last two weeks, I've joined their "easy Fridays").
As soon as I saw the (wet) road conditions, I knew I would regret it ...
I was too overconfident and blew myself up trying to ascend out of Roseville Bridge, and after that I was too weak to do a proper attack.
I see I have much to learn about racing - I don't know when to attack and how to maintain an attack, so my efforts end up making me look like a "5 second wonder" - I blow up almost immediately after attacking because I misjudged the terrain.
At one stage, the guys had a bit of a line going, but I was so weakened by my misjudged efforts I couldn't hold on to the wheel of the guy in front of me. One guy was yelling out "Stick to the wheel!" but I couldn't and had to wimp out.
I don't think I was very popular with the bunch today
On top of that, the rain was pelting down near the coast and by the time we were finished I had grime all over my face, clothes and bike.
Of course, the sun popped out as soon as we sat down to have coffee 
I finished last or close to last in just about every "stage"
On a positive note, it was some of the fastest cycling I have done - descended into Roseville Bridge at 76 km/h and did several stretches well over 40 km/h for several minutes.
Now that I know which spots the group tends to attack I will try and improve next Tuesday.
