I went out on Saturday morning eager and ready to ride no less than 16 miles! Little did I know, or pay attention to, that in order to adequately ride a long distance (or at all) you must first assess you bike...as in fill up the tires with air!!! I was so mad when I got on my bike and learned that the tires were less than adequate for not just a long ride, but a ride at all :(. I felt so dumb for not checking my tires. The bike had been just sitting in my house since June when I did the 37 mile ride, but tires need love too! I got about 4 miles out and decided that I needed to come on back, so I only did 8 miles in 34:30, which equates to 13.91 miles per hour. This is not a very good time, but I was not about to kill my rims by going too fast. I peaked at 18.5 miles an hour, but I didn't maintain it because I didn't want to have to pay to repair anything!
While this was not my best ride, it was a workout and I tried to look at the bright side of things...I got up and worked out! And, that is more than some can say :) Here's to the next workout, until then...
April
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