trike-ab-trike-2020

2020 mileage: 811.8 By disciplined riding on the stationary bike at LA Fitness in recent weeks, I've been able to continue to build my annual mileage, even though today was only the third time I've been able to ride outside all year (and the first since February 3). I considered riding the 20-mile round trip to Dexter (Baker Rd.), but in light of my long layoff, I eventually thought better of it and felt it would be more prudent to keep today's ride shorter. So I rode the Platt/Packard square—13.9 miles in 1:32. I hated to miss riding yesterday, when it was 50° and sunny in the afternoon! But Michelle and I hugely enjoyed a concert in Tecumseh by the male chorus in which my brother John (JB) sings, and I felt this was a worthy exchange. Following are a picture of the chorus, and a close-up of my brother. Today, though it was not quite as nice, it was still very enjoyable—44° and partly sunny when I began just before 1:00, and up to 47° at the end. I have a ...

2020 mileage: 471.7 I've been happy to be able to ride the stationary bike at LA Fitness in recent weeks, since it's been too cold to ride outside. (Having aged, I've now decided that 40° is my cutoff, although in the past my coldest outdoor ride was 17°.) In this way, I've been able to build up some mileage, though I'm slightly behind where I was at this point in 2019. Today, however, unseasonably warm, springlike weather (50° and sunny) begged me to ride outside, so I did (for the first time since January 6), even though I was unable to do the slightly longer ride I had wanted to. I waited until the day warmed up, and was then just headed out the door a bit past 1:00 p.m., when I received a text from Michelle, asking me to do an errand for her. This was a 'sacrifice' I was very happy to make, however -- she has given up so much, and does so much, for me, that I was very happy to be able to do something to help her. It did mean, though, that I got starte...