2018 mileage: 2928.1
As I had not managed an outdoor ride since last Thursday, I was definitely pleased to get one done today. On Friday, Dan Cogan and I were working to repair my trike—mostly Dan—on Saturday I went to LA Fitness due to the cold, Sunday our handbell choir played at church and that took the entire morning, then in the afternoon our family gathered to celebrate Mom's 95th birthday
on Monday, I gave the day over to music, and yesterday I was again at LA Fitness.
Winter has definitely arrived early here in this latter part of 2018 (what should still be Fall). As I am still in the process of acquiring my winter conditioning and tolerance for cold, I failed to make as substantial a ride today as I had hoped. But I did manage to push myself through 11.2 miles, in 1:17 (a round trip to Marsh Park, plus a loop on Interfirst Drive).
When I began, at noon, it was 28°, but by the time I finished it had heated up to a toasty 31°. Fortunately, this brisk ride was all carried out under bright sunshine, as the picture shows. Also fortunately, although I was unable to find my heavy-duty winter gloves when I first sought them, at 5:30 a.m., I had better luck looking for them just before my ride.
On Spotify, I listened to the Keyboard Christmas CD of my dear friend and former faculty colleague, Mike Pagan.
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