173rd ride of 2020 - Monday, 12/21/2020

2020 mileage: 4149.5

Today's ride was highly invigorating! I began at about 1:45 with a temperature of 35° and steady, though light, precipitation that continued throughout my ride. Though it fell as snow, it turned immediately turned to water upon striking my face (or, unfortunately, my glasses). I rode a fairly spirited round trip to Marsh Park, completing 10.2 miles in 1:12. I returned home thoroughly wet and thoroughly cooled off, and have now laundered both my bright yellow winter coat and my heavy winter gloves.

The plethora of medical and mechanical issues I faced in the second half of the year long ago rendered my original goal of 5000 miles (as well as my secondary goal of 4500 miles) unattainable. My focus now is on beating my all-time annual mileage high of 4165.4 miles, set last year. I will not be able to ride tomorrow, as Michelle and I are going to spend the day delivering gifts and visiting family. But on Wednesday, depending on the weather and my level of ambition, I could knock it out, only needing 16 miles. But if I don't get it done on Wednesday, I have very little doubt that I'll be able to break my record, unless we get dumped on with a surprise large snowstorm! And although some snow showers are looming up, nothing heavy is in the 10-day forecast.

Link to (Relive) video of today's ride

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