TOTAL MILEAGE FOR 2016 - 2448.9
This morning was absolutely spectacular for riding—a bright, unclouded blue sky, low humidity, and 69° when I started off just before 9:00, having risen to 79* when I finished. I rode three and a half round trips to Marsh Park (turning around at Textile the fourth time). I covered the 30.1 miles in 3:11.
It was a pleasure also to see my friend Doris Granum. We passed toward the end of my first round trip—she overtook me from behind and rode beside me for a minute, while we chatted (as best I can), about yesterday's piano performance I gave at church. (She knew about it because I had mentioned it on Facebook.) Then she went on ahead and reached Ellsworth before I, turned around, and started heading back south on the trail again. Once I turned around I was well behind her, but, pushing hard, I eventually caught up to her (in a little less than 2 miles), and we then quasi-"raced" to Textile, where she eased off and allowed me to take the corner first. But, rounding it too quickly, I tipped over—although, as she accurately noted, at least I fell in the grass. (And it is lush, thick, and soft right now from our rain last week.)
Importantly, this put me in position to make my mini-goal of 2500 miles before September if I ride three round trips each of the next two days. And it also put my 2016 mileage above what I achieved in 2015 (2423.8), when I didn't even get the trike until May 4.
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