What's that they say about the best laid plans? Well, today I had hoped to do a longer ride, but the summer heat sapped me sufficiently that, in the end, I settled for a single round trip to Marsh Park, covering the 10 miles in 1:19. I find that I infinitely prefer riding in 20° to riding in 80°, and, as bizarre as it sounds, I look back nostalgically now at the wind-chill days of last winter. Today, when I began at 10:00 a.m., it was already 78°, and when I finished it was 84°. While I could have pushed on farther physically, I just found it too dismaying, discouraging, and depressing to have to ride so slowly. So tomorrow, I'll definitely make it a point to get my ride done much earlier. (That was not an option today, because of a small group of men in which I participate at church at 6:30 on Monday mornings!)
By the way, a number of people have complimented me on the new flags I got for my trike a few days ago (or "spinners," or "tassels" as they have been called by various people), noting how visible they are. So after today's ride I prevailed upon Michelle to take a brief video to show them in action, to which I have added the beginning of Dave Grusin's "New Hampshire Hornpipe" from my favorite movie, "Oh Golden Pond."
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