sliding in under the wire

Got out yesterday late in the day, with Chris D., Jeff D. Ryan B., Dave B. and moi, headed out on the Mopac from 84th street trail head. Rolled out on a stellar day around 75 degrees. Thought we were going to Eagle and back, about 18 miles, but Eagle came and went, apparently Wabash was the real goal, Ryan, Jeff and I turned back at around the 15 mile mark, since we only had an hour before dark. Chris and Dave continued on to the end of the trail. Ryan and I pulled back into the driveway just after the sun dipped below the horizon with 30 miles on the odometer. Jeff rolled in a few more minutes past that. Chris and Dave got to do about an hour in the dark with a couple of blinky lights for company, but pulled 52 miles, Chris was on his fixie.  Good little spin