For the second time this week, I joined the folks on the Scotts ride and again, I choose to ride with the fast group.

This time, they headed north toward Windsor Island. The pace out of town was reasonable, and soon we left Keizer behind us. This signal the increase of the pace and soon we were flying along on Windsor Island Road, and into the fog.

Last night there was on fog on Windsor Island Road, but tonight there was. Last night was a recovery ride and I was riding along at an easy pace. Tonight is a very quick tempo ride and I was hanging on at the back of the pack. I was working hard, but not as hard as on Tuesday when we were climbing Macleay Hill. However, the fog was hiding the road ahead of us and blurring my vision by covering my glasses with water.

Did this slow the group down? Nope, we kept on racing toward Ravena Hill, a very short but steep climb up to Wheatland Road. As we approached the climb, the group split and I was in the chase group. On the hill itself, I held my own, but it was hard.

We regrouped at the top and everyone mentioned how difficult it was to ride in the fog at night, but no one wanted to slow down. They did choose to shorten the ride a bit, and I choose to shorten it even further. I was not enjoying the ride due to the fog, I split off and headed back toward town.