Tonight ended up being kind of a comedy of errors. I wore the visibility harness I had bought when I went to get Michelle, and though she restrained herself from an outright belly laugh, she felt that it made me look like a safety guard! By the time the game finished, I drove to Emerson School to pick up Michelle, who had put in a long day of prepping at school (during her break, no less!), and we got home, it was after 8:00 p.m. Then, when I donned my biking helmet so we could attach the mirror to it, I first put it on backwards, totally cracking Michelle up. Then, fortunately for me, she came out with me to help attach the mounting bracket to the bike for the flashing taillight I had acquired. And in the midst of all that, I forgot not only my gloves, but my watch, too. So, even though it was not quite as cold as Monday's 30-degree ride, tonight's 31 degrees was plenty cool enough to convince me to cut my plans for 20 laps in half, accomplishing 10 laps in (presumably) slightly under a half hour, like on Monday.
As I rode, I reflected how this summer, there will doubtless be occasions when, whizzing along on a downhill stretch, the breeze from the speed will doubtless be welcome and feel very good. But tonight was definitely not one of those times.
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