After giving myself a rest day yesterday, it was good to get back to riding today. However, our bipolar weather patterns were on display—in striking contrast to the unbroken blue skies and warmth I enjoyed last week, this morning's ride was cool (61° at 8:30, and 65° when I finished), dark, and gloomy. I was eager to get it done early, though, as rain is supposed to move in around noon and be with us for the rest of the day.
When I elected to settle for only two round trips to Marsh Park rather than push on for three, that pretty much drove a stake through the heart of my erstwhile goal of riding 4000 miles this year, after having done 3500 last year. Oh, I suppose a faint flicker of hope still remains ... but I would have to average 18.11 miles/day for the remaining 69 days of 2017 to make it, and that doesn't take into account the inclement weather that's no doubt staring us in the face soon (our forecast here is for possible wet snow this coming Sunday), plus I'm staring another trip in the face ... Friday morning I leave early for a trip to Iowa to hear the performance of music I've composed, and I won't be back until late Tuesday night, so that means the loss of at least four more days to riding (and more likely five, unless I get up and ride laps in our condo complex with my headlight on Friday morning at 4:30 a.m. before my departure, as I'd given some fleeting thought to doing).
So, at this point, it seems much more realistic for me to hope to get back again to 3500 miles, like last year—this would take an average of 10.86 miles/day for the rest of the year.
Anyway, that gave me a ride today of 18.7 miles in 1:54.
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