Saturday I couldn't ride because I spent so large a chunk of the day at the Apple Store (two separate trips); and yesterday I couldn't due to the lousy weather. So I was especially pleased to be able to ride today. The Tigers played at 1:00 (unfortunately dropping a 7-4 interleague contest to the Pittsburgh Pirates, as our ace pitcher, Justin Verlander, was roughed up), so I decided to wait till after the game, and ride after getting Michelle home from school.
Atypically, today I felt the need for variety in my route, so rather than riding to Marsh Park as I almost always do, I rode an old running route I used to do (all on walks) that I call the Church 10K, because it goes past my former church, Westminster Presbyterian, and measures out to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), a common distance for running events. I rode very slowly today, doing the 6.2 miles in 51 minutes, but it was trouble-free, and that's what counts.
The adventure-meter reading today was low, but nevertheless existent. When I went across a bump, one of the two screws holding the cage for my water bottle popped out, and the cage was flopping from the other single screw. Rather than risk losing the water bottle, I extricated it and, having nowhere else to carry it that I could think of, I popped it behind me, between my back and the seat. But I soon found out this was quite uncomfortable, so after a couple of minutes I pulled it out and slipped it into my coat—this provided a much more satisfactory result for the second half of my ride.
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