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Went on my tri club's "intro ride" which you're encouraged to do to make sure you have the group riding skills for the proper club rides. For the record I like running, swimming and cycling but triathlons don't really float my boat.
A fairly fun 40-odd miles to Esher and back, incorporating a couple of Richmond Park loops but by christ my fingers were in pain. I accidentally had a spare pair of gloves in my gilet pocket so I doubled up after a while. At one point my left hand was so numb I couldn't push my left gear lever to shift up so I had to get my right hand across and pull it.
We stopped at Giro in Esher, which I'd never been to before. Nice place with good coffee. Also forgot my water bottle and so I went to buy a bottle of water from Tesco and shoved it in my cage. It's still there now, unopened.