105th ride

This morning I went out early and did a good, long ride so that I wouldn't have to try to squeeze in a ride later in the day. Unfortunately, the gmaps-pedometer is still mot working, so I can neither map my route nor measure it precisely. But I rode roughly the Saline Big Block that I first rode back in April, with three modifications for safety's sake: (1) Because of the ongoing construction at the intersection of State and Ellsworth, I cut through the airport drive (sleepy and unusued on an early Sunday morning); (2) In Saline, to avoid Michigan Avenue, I took the route suggested by my friend Doug Frankling, going on Campus, Industrial, and Woodland; (3) Coming north from Saline back to Ann Arbor, I rode on Maple as Doug Tidd requested I do, rather than on Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.

As the original route is 14.4 miles, and these modifications trim the distance slightly, I'm counting my ride today as 13 miles, in 1 hour 8 minutes .This is a little faster pace than I usually ride, but I was pushing it pretty good today, so this seems reasonable to me.