This afternoon's ride was unusual. I went at 4:30 p.m., following the Tigers' dismal performance, and because I was going so much later than usual, Michelle asked me to please "listen to my body" and consider a shorter ride than I had originally planned on doing (3 round trips to Marsh Park). So, although the weather was beautiful, and I was not overly tired, I ended up deciding to wimp out and do only one round trip—9.5 miles, in almost exactly 1 hour.
It was interesting, too, in that at the park, I encountered a man (who I would guess to be in his early thirties) riding with his son, who he told me was two weeks short of 5 years old, and riding the first day on his new bike. The man asked me what brand of trike I had, and I tried to tell him "TerraTrike," but then I stopped to pull my explanatory card out of my wallet and show it to him. He also told me that he had six bikes, and one was a recumbent—that was the fastest of them all..
I also took from the zippered pouch on my trike's seat a document I had placed there for just such a purpose—a photocopy of the 2001 Ann Arbor News article about my circumstances—and gave it to the man. I had written my email address on it, so it will be interesting to see if I hear from him.
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