Today's right was cool, at 25° (with a wind-chill of 15°). However, I reminded myself that I have ridden in significantly more extreme conditions.
The first part of the ride, the southward stretch along the trail on the east side of Lohr Road, was a challenge. Since I was riding directly into a blindingly brilliant sun, and the trail was quite wet from melted snow, I was soon soaked myself, and watched very carefully for pedestrians or other riders (of which I saw none). However, that same sunshine made the bulk of the ride very enjoyable, and allowed me to turn in my 10 miles (a round trip to Marsh Park plus the concluding loop in Heatherwood) in a respectable 1 hour and 1 minute.
Perhaps most significantly, today's ride pushed me over the 100-mile plateau ... the first of very many such milestones I hope to reach this year. It makes for a pretty weak month of January (especially when I compare it to my best month in 2015, October, when I rode 456.3 miles. But, considering the long stretch (two weeks) when I was laid up and couldn't ride at all this month because the trike was being repaired, I can't be overly disappointed.
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