122nd ride of 2020 - Wednesday, 9/16/2020

 2020 mileage: 3293.3

I had hoped to ride 63 miles back in March on my 63rd birthday, but a combination of factors (mechanical, health, and weather) ruled it out. So I reset my goal, and wanted to ride 63.5 miles on my 'half-birthday' ... tomorrow. This would be two consecutive round trips to Matthei Botanical Gardens, and would also represent the longest ride I've done. (My longest so far is 50 miles.)

After asking Michelle her opinion, though, she told me that she would prefer I not push myself that hard. As I am beyond grateful for a wife who loves me that much, and who is willing to share her honest feelings with me, I am going to wait until my 64th, and see how I'm doing then.

I just learned of her feelings this morning. In light of that, and not feeling the need to keep working to build up my stamina, I decided to scale back today and do my 16+ mile ride. Leaving about 11:00 a.m., after a good morning session of composition on an oboe sonata I'm writing, I rode down to Stonebridge, did a loop in there, and then continued on around the Platt;Packard Square, in a warm temperature of 62° when I began, that climbed to 73° when I finished. MapMyRide again added slightly to the mileage -- in the past when I've ridden this route, it measured at about 16.4 miles, but today it said 17.6 miles (in 1:41).

Link to (Relive) video of today's ride

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