Would want us to go on without her

There was some light rain today. It's still sprinkling lightly as we barrel down a four mile downhill near the end of today's route. At the bottom of the hill Noreen is nowhere in sight! We ask a passing biker who states that she saw her at the beginning of the downhill changing a flat tire. The remaining four of us discuss it as a group - ride back up the wet hill, wait for Noreen to finish, or continue to bike. We decide to call the support folks and tell them about Noreen's location.

Then someone says that if one of us were up there we'd want the group to continue on without us (hmmm…sounds a lot like life).

Luckily Noreen is also one of the most self-sufficient in the group so we decide to ride - we'll take the heat later! ;)