13th ride of 2015 - Sunday, 5/17/2015

More changes in plans today. At first, I was thinking I'd ride this morning early, but it was fairly cool and raining lightly, so, since the Tigers are on the ESPN Sunday Night game of the week tonight, and thus weren't playing in the afternoon, I decided to ride this afternoon.

After church I was quite tired, and so decided to nap first and then ride. When I finally did get out there, about 3:00, I abandoned an intention I had originally had earlier in the day of doing the long ride over to Baker Rd. that I had wanted to do yesterday. At church, I felt as if I heard a voice telling me, "NO—not today. Do it later in the week." So, instead I stayed closer to home, and went down and rode loops in Stonebridge, that nearby housing subdivision.

There, too, though, my plans changed on the fly. I intended to do 6 loops, which would have totaled 18.8 miles, with the trip down there and back. But midway through the 5th loop, I noticed that the sky was darkening quite dramatically, and rain seemed imminent, so I took Doral Drive (a route that cuts across the middle of the sub), and settled for four and a half loops, rather than six. This gave me a total of a 14.8-mile ride, which I did in an hour and 23 minutes, and leaves me just shy of 150 miles total. And I did have to contend with rain on the way home, but only light sprinkles—nothing substantial.