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I was stalled at work, waiting on an administrator of our technical documentation group to set up a top-level directory for me to work in. My manager walked by and mentioned that he had to ride his bike home (no car) to meet a sprinkler repair person. It's about 20km to his house, and he ran a half marathon yesterday, so I volunteered to come along. It's way easier to take turns leading on a long ride.
What actually happened was that he got in behind me and mostly stayed there the whole time, as I pushed at about my max sustainable power output all the way down and all the way back.
It was a nice ride, though I'm a bit sore now. When we got back we both uploaded our gps tracks. Every section we'd done is the fastest he's ever ridden that section, and this is his daily commute to work.
I walked by his office later and he had his head down on his desk, asleep.