This morning, I had to surrender my hope to ride to work most every day, because of my desire to attend an 11 a.m. memorial service for a friend at church who had died last Tuesday which meant that I needed our car. So, instead, I rode after an unusually long work day (I didn't finish until after 4:45). I was very tempted to take the easy way out and go to LA Fitness and work out on the elliptical, and for a time it seemed as though the weather might conspire to make that a necessity. But then the rain which was pretty unrelenting during the morning and early afternoon halted, and by the time of my ride, a little past 5:30, a little sun was even peeking out.
I had to talk myself into riding, given the day's schedule. But despite the tiredness I talked myself into riding my 8.8-mile "Textile Big Block," and this was my first time of re-riding a route I had done before (back on March 27). I made a slight improvement in time, as well, finishing in 46 minutes today as opposed to 47 minutes before. But I don't think I can make very significant improvement in my speed until I get the gearing issue resolved.
I may have to ride tomorrow afternoon, too - with the University of Michigan playing for the NCAA national basketball championship tonight, and a tipoff time of 9:23 (Eastern), which is past my usual bedtime, I'm not thinking I'll be ready for an early ride tomorrow.
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