142nd ride

I wanted to ride today (for the first time) on the broad paved path that runs along (well off) the east side of Platt Rd. between Ellsworth and U.S.12 (Michigan Ave.), so I did a new 15-mile route in order to achieve this. The only disquieting thing was that it meant doing a few miles along Michigan Ave. (against which Doug Franklin has cautioned me) on the way home—but I didn't expect this to be problematic, and it wasn't. The road is broad and well paved along that stretch, and mostly straight and with excellent visibility, and broad shoulders which are largely paved, affording opportunity to ride very far away from traffic. This ride of almost exactly 15 miles took me 1 hour and 19 minutes, and I was freshened by a light rain (of, however, very large drops) during the last few miles.