58th ride - 7/7/2015

This morning's ride was interesting, if not quite rising to the level of "adventurous." I set off considerably later than usual, approaching 9:00. When I left, it was gray, but not raining, so I hoped I'd be OK. However, within a mile or so a light rain began to fall, and while it did not really hinder me, though it was unpleasant riding with the raindrops pelting my face and obscuring my vision through my glasses.

However, it remained light as I got to Marsh Park, and headed back toward home. When I got to Ellsworth Rd., where I turn around to do consecutive round trips, I wheeled about determinedly and set off for a second round trip. However, little more than a mile into it the heavens opened up big time, so I put discretion to work and turned and headed for home. I made it safely, but when I straggled into our condo, Michelle looked at me, laughed, and said, "Oh, you poor baby!" So, anyway, I'm hopeful I can tack on some more later today, but I haven't yet checked the forecast to know whether such a hope is realistic. At any rate, so far I've done 12.7 miles, in an hour and 22 minutes.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Well, I was indeed able to get out late this afternoon and do another round trip to Marsh Park. I had wanted to do two, but for no good reason I backed off and settled for half that, adding 9.5 miles in 1 hour and 3 minutes, for a daily total of 22.2 miles in 2 hours and 25 minutes.