Pat Murray contacted me earlier in the week about riding together and it didn't occur to me until well after the ride was over that this was the 9 month mark; I should have been looking out for pictures to take that had "9" in them.
The morning started off on the bit nippy side and with a 10mph wind from the north. But it was a beautiful
day. I lead Pat on a twisting loop of roads in an effort to avoid the onslaught of motorcycles for Bikes, Blues & BBQ here in Fayetteville. For the most part, we did a good job of avoiding them. Neither of us seemed to be in any hurry or feeling the need to push very hard so we had a moderate pace. We did have a 1.5 mile challenging hill thrown in there for good measure.
Picture of the one lane bridge across Lake Sequoyah, sideways.
Tomorrow morning I head with Rachel to Shreveport where she plays two soccer games. I will get a bike ride in early in the morning but not sure about when I will be able to post. And, Sunday, I may not ride until we get back from Shreveport around 9:00 or 10:00 at night. It all depends if we can fit my bike into the folk's vehicle with whom we are riding. I have been trying to come up with all sorts of ways to get my bike down there as I'll have at least a 3 hour block of time Sunday morning to ride. We could take our vehicle, just Rachel and me, but it's hard to justify driving a vehicle with two people 6 hours just so I can ride a couple of hours, especially when we can carpool comfortably with another family. But, such is the mind of a biking addict, and in the case a needs-to-ride-daily biking addict.
When I got home, I liked the reflection in the spoon on the counter.
Today's Ride: 3hrs. 36mins. 42.68 miles 53°-69° Miles YTD: 6,854.86
Today's number of miles per day needed to reach 9,000 miles by the end of the year: 23.32
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