This is a special day—my Mom's 94th birthday! And, as I am blessed with an excellent genetic heritage, I hope to still be riding when I am her age!
Today I rode a single round trip to Marsh Park, with a loop on Interfirst Drive added on as I returned home. When I left, at 12:30, it was 26°, and though I know that much colder weather lies ahead of us, it will take some getting used to. I have ridden the vast majority of days since early April with temperatures in the fifties and sixties with occasional unfortunate forays into the seventies and eighties, and occasional dips into the forties. For this ride, I dug out my wool socks from R.E.I., and wore my gloves, but still it was a challenge. At least, though, as the following picture shows, we were blessed with abundant sunshine.
At any rate, my ride gave me 11.2 miles, in 1:18.
A few years ago, my brother completed a significant athletic achievement. He golfed in 33 consecutive months—impressive, considering the vagaries of Michigan winter weather. Since breaking that streak, he is now embarked upon another lengthy one (20+). I got to thinking—as I try to ride as consistently as possible during the winter (assisted by the paved asphalt trail I ride, and relatively mild winter weather in recent years), I wondered how I'd done in terms of consecutive months. Upon consulting my records, I found that, since getting my trike on 5/4/2015, I've ridden every month since then (31 and counting), for a total of 8841.5 miles.
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