138th ride

As mentioned in my previous post, written early this morning, a problem with my front brake prevented me from riding to work today. However, unbeknownst to me, my beloved wife Michelle took the bike in to the bike shop during the day today so they could make the (relatively quick and easy) adjustment, and when she picked me up after work, the bike was in the carrier on the back of the car. So, once I got home, I was able to ride after all, and went to church to do my weekly work of preparing the projections for Sunday's worship. I have been going there directly from work on recent Fridays, and then doing a longer ride home, but since the plan was necessarily a bit different today, I elongated my ride to church and then came home afterwards for a total ride of 11.5 miles in 1 hour and 6 minutes.

It was fun, too, that on the way home a driver coming in the other direction passed me, rolled down her window, clapped, and yelled, "GO ALLEN!" With my substandard vision, I couldn't be absolutely positive, but I think this was Michelle's teaching colleague Beth Nazario.