As has been the case the last two years, I kicked off my “organized riding season” and the Memorial Day holiday weekend with the 3rd annual Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride Ohio in New Albany this morning. There I got to ride with 900 of my closest friends (and Sen. Rob Portman, who I actually only saw before the ride, he missed last year’s ride because the Senate was still in session, don’t remember over what). They cut back on the swag this year (no t-shirt and no medal at the end), I’m trying to decide how I feel about that. It was a nice way to kick off the summer though. It was just overcast enough that it didn’t get too hot, so it was perfect for riding. The first 2 miles of the ride we were escorted by the New Albany and Reynoldsburg police which was nice, but kept the pace down. I beat last years time by about 10 minutes, and I thought I had done a decent ride last year. This ride is to support Ride 2 Recovery which, I believe, is doing important work, if you wish to donate, you can do so here.