Bike Ride Hammies I went for a bike ride today on one of my favorite paved trails.  I got there around 9am and as I turned the corner to the parking area I noticed it was totally full.  I've never seen that before, I was happy so many people were out taking advantage of this trail and getting fit.  It's an awesome thing.  So I take cycling pretty seriously I had a ton of tasks I had to do, so I parked in the grass and got out and started getting ready.  I put on my clipless shoes, pumped my tires up, lubed my chain, put a gatorade in my pack, locked my car, got my phone ready to record the trip, and on and on and on.  It took me about 30 minutes from when I arrived until I actually got on my bike and started pedaling.   The thing was though, that right when I arrived a pair of middle aged overweight women were just hopping on their bikes and starting off down the trail.  So they leave at 9am, I leave at 9:30am, I figure I'll pass them in 2 or 3 miles, but I'm extremely surprised to find they are only t the first mile marker.  The first mile is at a bridge with a cool waterfall and some picnic tables.  As I came around the corner they were zig zagging back and forth on the trail laughing and being loud, they were totally in my way, but here's the most surprising part.  At this point they were coming back at me.  They had already turned around and were heading back to their cars.  After a 30 minute 2 mile round trip bike ride where they zig zagged around like children. So I slowed down, waited for them to get back on their side of the path and then I gave them a dirty look for wasting my time and I continued on down the road.  I mean, I don't know WHY they were out there, maybe it wasn't fitness or health related at all, but come the fuck on, my out of shape friends can do 10 miles an hour, they were going as slow as fucking mall walkers.  It boggles the imagination really.