6th ride

Between picking up Michelle from school today and our Weight watchers meeting this evening, I had time to work in a ride -- for consecutive days of outdoor rides for the first time. WOO HOO! And the 51-degree sunshine felt almost like summer, compared to what we have been through!

I rode one of my old running routes, a 4-mile route that was my most frequently traveled one, that I call the Figure 8, in about 25 minutes. I had planned to ride it twice, but once I got out there, I decided it was better to be conservative. For one thing, I discovered that it is considerably more challenging to negotiate busy intersections safely (of which this route has several, particularly at rush hour) on wheels than on foot. But I prayed hard for wisdom and good judgment, and am happy to report absolutely no incidents today, of even the slightest nature. This raises my biking mileage for the year to just shy of 40 miles, which is still pretty paltry, but steadily growing now.