Total mileage for 2017: 2510.4
I haven't ridden since Thursday—Friday I devoted wholly to composition, attempting to move as far ahead as possible an organ solo that will be performed at a special concert of new church music in Iowa on October 29; and yesterday was busy with composition, attending my grandchildren's soccer games in the morning, and the baseball game of a grandson of a friend in the afternoon (as we sat in our folding chairs in the delightful autumn sunshine, we had a great visit). So I was glad to get back to it today.
For a short time I considered going early this morning, using my new headlight to illuminate the trail. But then I decided to hold off and wait to ride late afternoon, so I left at 4:30 in 66° waning sunshine and did a single round trip to Marsh Park, 10.2 miles in 1:07.
And just a few minutes after I got home, the Tigers finished their last game of the season. They lost, to finish the season with a record of 64-98. It brings to mind a remark Gerald Ford made when he was inaugurated as President on August 9, 1974, in the wake of Richard Nixon's resignation. As an impressionable 17-year-old, I had my mind seared with his observation, "Our long national nightmare is over." Only today's is not a national nightmare, but one largely confined to Michigan. And now I enter the too-long off season, with no more baseball until next spring.
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