Gustavo called friday asking if I could join the team saturday morning for a ride going on in Raymondville. What kind of ride was this? I had not heard of any ride or saw any ride listings on any of the local cycling forums. He said it was only going to be a 25 mile ride but that there was going to be a fajita cook-off afterwards. Team McAllen was going to be hosting the third time trial event in Granjeno the same day and seeing that I only participated in the first event I wanted to go to this one but opted instead of joining my team mates for a ride in Willacy county.
I met up with the guys at one of the local bike shops at 6am. We loaded our bikes on the van and waited for the other van to arrive to caravan to Raymondville. About a 30 minute drive.
Upon arrival we registered and got ready. Besides the 8 or so people from our team there were only about 5 or 6 more riders at the event. By far the smallest event I have ever participated in. This was more like a training ride than an actual bike event but I guess the fact that it was not at all advertised did not help it either.
The ride itself was still nice though. I have been wanting to do a ride in that part of valley for a while now and this was a perfect opportunity. We were riding at a nice leisurely place onward to the small town of San Perlita just east of Raymondville. I stuck in the upper middle of the pack and helped pull while mashing the big gear. We arrived in San Perlita and were greeted by a small group of supporters tending to a rest stop stocked with bananas and windmill shaped cookies located outside the R2 convenience store.
After munching down and posing for a couple of pictures we were off again and begun our trek back to the stockyards. I wanted to just hang in the back and enjoy the scenery especially since my hands were numbing due to not having worn any gloves but I could not resist getting up front. We got some light tailwind on the way back and sailed back to Raymondville.
Once we arrived at the staging area we all had one though on our minds. Food. The ride leader ordered Subway sandwiches but would not get there till an hour later. Who wants Subway when theres a fajita cook-off going on? But it was still way too early, the chefs were barely prepping and not a single slab of meat had hit any of the grills. We decided to leave and ended up having breakfast at a restaraunt in Edinburg. We soon arrived back at the bike shop there after. Unloaded the bikes and said goodbye.
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