I woke up early for the 5:00AM ride. We gathered at WFBS before the rollout with clouds bearing down on us from the West. We made it to Good Hope Rd. before the rain started. The pace was fast but not impossible, I needed to be home by 6:30 so it was a race against time for me, which was all the motivation I needed to keep pushing the pace. We decided to take right turn on County Line Rd. and took a large part of the group with us, since the rain was coming down harder by now. The pace up the short hill on down the other side was lifted which made the ride even more fun. We got back to Port Washington Rd. and the rain was still coming down. As soon was we turned the corner to start the next hill a deer jumped out of the grass and into our path narrowly missing several riders, this thing came within inches of one guy’s wheel, before dashing across the road. It was a VERY close call that would’ve taken out most of the group if it had made contact. With elevated heart rates we kept a fast pace back to Lake Drive and from that point on the pace was slowly ratcheted up until a few of us fell out the back to ride tempo back to WFB. What a way to start the day!
