Stepped up to the fast group

Blimey, went off with the fast group last night on the local shop ride (53-12)
I usually ride the 18 mile loop with the inters avg around 18mph.
Last night my avg was 19.3 for the slightly longer route the fast group takes.
It was windy last night but that small change in speed was a massive effort on my part to keep up.
Great guys though, I did drop 5-10 yards on a couple of slopes only to be spotted and picked by a stronger ride who pulled me back and gave words of encouragement to keep it going.
Did feel good at about 10 miles when we flew past the group I normally ride with though.
Prob won't go with next week as did hold them back a couple of times and took no turn on the front either, only seven in the group so quite important to take a turn.
Maybe the pub lunch 3 hours earlier was not the best idea when you are still 3 stone over the weight i would like to be
I usually ride the 18 mile loop with the inters avg around 18mph.
Last night my avg was 19.3 for the slightly longer route the fast group takes.
It was windy last night but that small change in speed was a massive effort on my part to keep up.
Great guys though, I did drop 5-10 yards on a couple of slopes only to be spotted and picked by a stronger ride who pulled me back and gave words of encouragement to keep it going.
Did feel good at about 10 miles when we flew past the group I normally ride with though.

Prob won't go with next week as did hold them back a couple of times and took no turn on the front either, only seven in the group so quite important to take a turn.
Maybe the pub lunch 3 hours earlier was not the best idea when you are still 3 stone over the weight i would like to be

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I did actually contribute a bit though as there was another new rider to the group that was a bit slower than me and brought him back to the group a couple of time in the early part of the ride but he eventually dropped back into the inters
I guess I could have dropped back but pride and all that