2021 mileage: 1857.9
After the problems I was experiencing with my chain made me unable to ride Friday, I followed it up by taking the day off yesterday, too. So I was desperate to ride today.
However, Sundays are sometimes problematic, and this one promised to be, as our handbell choir is having a recording session at church that will take up a good chunk of my afternoon. Our unseasonable warmth is beginning to abandon us—right now, a little before 9 a.m., it is 36°, and this afternoon's high is forecast at 46°, in contrast to the readings of over 60° or one day even 70° that we enjoyed this past week.
Accordingly, wanting to ensure that I got some riding in today, I went in to our stationary bike this morning and rode (24.5 miles in 1:40), while watching Godspell (as a nod to it being Sunday morning 😎).
AFTERNOON
The church handbell choir I play in (Rings of the Lord 😁) had a 1:00 recording session at church this afternoon. It was such a TREMENDOUS joy to be together, since all of our meetings save for one during the past year have been by Zoom.
At any rate, when I returned home mid-afternoon, the lure of the 47° sunshine was absolutely irresistible, so even though I had done a brisk 100 minutes (24.5 miles) on the stationary bike this morning, starting at 6:45 a.m., I climbed on the trike this afternoon for a brief ride—only a single round trip to Marsh Park (10.0 miles in 1:07).
Relive video of this afternoon's ride
The temperature was balanced, however, by the feisty wind. It surprised me, because I've ridden in much windier conditions than today's 12 mph wind out of the northeast. But it was all I wanted to handle today. And I was extremely grateful for the dealer (Jack's, in Dearborn) having straightened out the issues I was having with my chain on Friday.
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