152nd ride

After giving myself a day off yesterday—a rarity—I was glad to be able to get back to riding today. After riding to work this morning and then working a fairly good full day, I did a long ride to give me my fullest day of riding since returning on September 14 after my August 29 broken rib, going to Saline and coming back up to Ann Arbor by a 12.8-mile route, to total 14.8 miles for the day in 1 hour and 27 minutes.

 

Back in the spring, Doug Franklin and Doug Tidd counseled me, on my rides to Saline, to avoid riding on Michigan Ave. (US 12) and Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., respectively. I have followed that advice diligently since that time. However, today, after careful consideration, I decided to ride a route that included a short stretch on Michigan Ave. My reasons were that it was short (only a couple of miles), and the road there is straight and well surfaced, with excellent visibility, and for the most part broad paved shoulders on which I was able to ride (and also, today, I was riding it in brilliant daylight, at 4:00 p.m.).