As of today, I have logged 234.5 miles for November.
I am trying to increase my monthly average mileage,.
What happened today was not on purpose. As of this morning I had 195 miles, which meant that I had already beat last month and the previous also. But not wanting to stay home and knowing that the weather was perfect for a good ride I set out to log some 8 or 10 miles, knowing that doing more than that it would only make it harder on myself to beat that number in December . But as often happens, once I get in rhythm and the body and joints warmed up, I just keep pedaling.
I love the feeling of the cool wind on my face and in my lungs. I even stop where my truck was right after I realized I had 30 miles and even got ready to go home, but then something made me get my bike back out of the truck and after resting some 5 minutes, took off again for another 8 and a half miles.
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| Today's ride. |
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| This is from November 22, 2017 |
Mind you, when I was getting ready to leave the park, I was already hurting on my left knee, it felt like internally swollen and painful, but I thought that was not severe enough to keep me from riding a few more miles to Lady Bird Johnson Park. By the way, when I got there I pick en empty spot in a clearing with short grass that look so inviting so I put my bike down and I laid down to rest for a while, and just about a minute later I heard man yelling "Hey, are you okay?", I looked up and it was a policer officer patrolling the area a few yards from me. So I answered "yes, I'm just resting here, taking a break, I'm okay!"
He gave me the thumbs up signal and left. I then lifted my legs in the air, and bending them and flexing them one at a time trying to relieve the pain from both knees.
By the time I got back to my truck again, I had a total of 38.3 miles, my new personal record for a single outing.
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| Old photo found from trip to the Big Easy back in 2011. |
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