'Bent and I rode to scenic downtown Palgrave where we picked up Leanimal and Goose, who had been dropped off by Coach LD. We then took a brisk rail trail ride over to Inglewood, meeting Coach LD and KD a short distance from town (they'd parked there). Our pace was higher than expected for the first long ride of the season (why the heck isn't Leanimal tired after her 82-hr race?!? puff! gasp!), and unfortunately LD/KD didn't get much of a ride. So we continued on a little farther, then stopped in to see Knobless and pooches.
Next stop was Caledon Hills Cycling, where we dropped off our Atlas Race snowshoes to send them back to Atlas to install the 2009 bindings that will hopefully not break in the middle of a race! Then back to the Trailside Cafe in Caledon East for some goodies, then home. 'Bent and I have decided that Duffy's Lane leading to Crash's house will henceforth be called "The Four Hills of Newton" (a scary-sounding name for Boston hills that aren't that big!), which means that the final climb south of Crash's place is Heartbreak Hill. We crushed it. Great ride, and we managed to squeeze it in between a couple of heavy rainstorms.