Group of 5- Charlie, Brian, David (coworker), Blake (upright rider friend) and I- headed out from downtown at 1:00.  I'm the only one on a bent.  Intended to be a nice casual 40 mile ride out to the south Benbrook lake entrance and back.  I haven't done a 40 miler in like forever, so I'm just trying to finish without cramps or other mishaps.  Easy 15 mph pace going out into a westerly wind.  Stopped several times to stretch and wait on whoever was trailing.  Everyone except Brian arrived at the 20 mile mark turnaround about the same time, so we waited on Brain and talked.  Whan Brian arrived, he didn't even stop, just turned around and kept going.
Just before the turnaround the wind picked up, now from the northwest, and it started getting cooler.  We caught up to Brian and I slowed up some to keep him in sight while the others all kept on and were not seen again.
The NW wind meant we had a headwind headed back too, which is never any fun.  I make a quick pit stop which let Brian catch up.  Brian had begun cramping so we stopped for a while and had granola bars and an orange, but he still was having cramp problems so called his girlfriend to come pick him up at the Bryant Irving trailhead.  After Brian abandoned, I picked up the pace for the last 8 miles and got back pretty quickly.
I haven't been on my bike for two weeks and only occassionally for several weeks before that, so I was happy to get in 40 miles even if it was only a 14.1 avg.  And it was good to see everyone there and catch up.