53rd ride

When I rode to church this afternoon to do my weekly data entry work, I deliberately lengthened my ride considerably, going out to the far northwest part of Ann Arbor (Jackson and Zeeb), and then in to loop around the hospital, before coming back out to church. This made for a trip of 20.8 miles, which I rode slowly, in 2 hours 8 minutes.

The computer at church didn't work, so that I'll have to go back later in the week, but it was far from a wasted trip, as I needed to ride anyway, and was able to get in a good one. The low point, though (or 'high' in terms of heart rate) came as I was riding near the hospital, going down Glen Ave. in order to make a clockwise circuit of the hospital. I was riding slowly, but carefully and well, near the curb, when a car with two young African-American men cruised slowly by. One rolled down his window and yelled coarsely, "Hey - get yo ass out da street!" But then they continued on, and I was happy that the altercation remained at the verbal level, since I have never been in a physical fight in my life, and don't feel that age 56 would be a good time to start.