Yesterday I did not ride, suffering from the heaviest cold I have had in a very long time (gotten, I suspect, because of Sunday morning's long ride in the cold rain). Today, though, although my health is still not back to 100%, I felt it would be a terrible waste of the 73-degree sunshine if I didn't get out there, so I did a 9.7-mile "Platt Big Block" in 62 minutes. This gave me 230.5 miles for the month of April, smashing the record for what I had done in any previous month, but - I hope - shy of what I will ride in any subsequent month.
I learned a good lesson, too. It is MUCH different crossing an intersection on yellow on a bike than it is in a car! I experienced no danger today, thanks be to God and careful drivers (the latter of which I know I can't always count on), but it was firmly imprinted on me that I need to err in the direction of being overly conservative when crossing intersections - particularly during rush hour.
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