Today's ride was both puzzling and frustrating. To begin with, though, the conditions were absolutely GORGEOUS. I began my ride at 6:15 under completely clear blue sky, and with no wind whatsoever. I planned to ride three round trips to Marsh Park. It was going nicely, too—pretty good pace, feeling good, and the noise that had disconcerted me toward the end of my ride on Monday absent, as Doug had identified it and taken care of it for me. Here is the view from the park, at 6:50.
After reaching the park, I texted a few people, and was then headed back toward home, when about a mile from the park I came to a disconcerting realization—my helmet was missing! The only thing I could imagine at that point was that I must have removed it and laid it on the bench while I was at the park (although I didn't remember having taken it off), so I wheeled around and rode back there. But is was nowhere to be found! So then, having no other option, I headed back home with great caution, figuring I'd just have to pick up a new helmet.
Once I got home, however, I punched in the code for our garage door, and as it slowly rose, I was disappointed to see that the helmet was not sitting atop our garbage can—I usually leave it on the seat of my trike, in the garage, but rarely I will set it on the garbage can. It was not there—but moments later, I spied it sitting on my bicycle (not "old," but no longer in use) where I had set it on Monday when Doug and I looked at my trike.
With the extra riding, back to the park to look for the helmet, I did 12.0 miles this morning, in 1:23, pushing me over the 1500-mile mark for the year. I hope to tack on a little more this afternoon, though I will not enjoy the blessed cool of this morning—55° when I started out, and 60° when I finished.
One other interesting (and nice) incident occurred this morning. The MapMyRIde app on my phone has been frustratingly inconsistent. It gives vocal notifications at each new mile, telling your total time, distance, average speed in miles per hour, and split speed (that is, your speed for the most recent mile). I have gotten quite used to this feedback, and find it quite helpful. But when I started this morning, the usual vocal notification_"Begin workout"—was absent, so I knew this mean no notifications during the ride, either, as it has happened before (though the app still measures your time and distance—just silently). I decided to investigate, and found that by going to the Setting page and toggling the vocal notifications off and then back on, it restored the voice. I'm glad to have learned this lesson.
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