Rutgers' 2nd Annual "Accidental" Century

Yesterday, 9 Rutgers riders got together and rode to Pennsylvania and back. All told, we rode 100 miles. The writeup is here, on the Rutgers Cycling blog. Go read it.

There are stories that I simply couldn't put on the Rutgers blog, as we're doing our best to keep it "appropriate". One of them is the story of the Bull and the Cow:

Around the 70th mile of the ride, we were deep in the Garden State's famous farmland. As we pedaled our way down the quiet country roads, we all noticed a herd of cows to our right... nothing unusual, with one key exception: a bull had mounted a cow.

Naturally, this prompted some hooting and hollering from the men of Rutgers. You understand. Startled by the noise, or perhaps having finished, the bull dismounted and ambled away. Our shouting didn't subside, though - after all, this was quite the spectacle for us city-folk.

Upon returning to the New Brunswick area, we were exhausted and hungry and sore, and we still had 15 miles remaining. Words fail to describe the uplifting effect of having cars and pedestrians alike shout "GO RUTGERS!!!" at us. Little things like that have such a profound impact... I still smile when I think about it.

For me, that was the highlight of the trip. For some of the guys (you know who you are), the highlight was the Bull and the Cow. Go figure.