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After getting home from work and quickly eating some “dinner” (English muffin with cheese and butter, orange juice, granola and plain yogurt) I hopped on my bike and set out in the direction of Dodge Park. I ended up riding there, through the park, then down to Metro Beach and back and back to my house.
Per my bike computer I was moving for 3:05’28, I went 44.51 miles, the moving average was 14.4 MPH, and my max speed was 23.4 MPH. I stopped for five minutes or so at the end of the path in Metro Beach (where the photo was taken) to eat a Carrot Cake Clif Bar and a number of times for traffic / lights / pee breaks, but never for an extended period of time.
The weather was really nice, somewhere in the mid 60s the whole ride, little wind, and nice overcast skies. Most of the ride back was in the dark, and while I had lights I’d never done such a lengthy night time ride. Part of it also involved the windy paths through Dodge Park, which was a little unsettling at first, but ended up being quite a bit of fun. I’m very certain that the blinking headlight contributed greatly to people seeing me; people seemed to notice me far more than in day time. The tail light seemed to ensure that people coming past me in the road didn’t just turn into driveways cutting me off.
All in all, this was an excellent, fun ride. After getting home I took a shower to degunk myself and shave, since going to sleep with a freshly shaved head and face on a cool evening with clean sheets is so wonderful it’s almost beyond description.
Here’s a couple more photos from today’s ride, all of which involve my bike sitting in front of something to show that I was really there:
· On the pedestrian bridge over Grosbeck.
· In the gazebo, looking at Lake St. Clair.
· In front of the Metro Beach Metropark along the canal.
Now, time to contemplate bed.
(And yes, the distance from my house to Metro Beach and back is shorter than I expected. I figured that it would be just over 50 miles. For the next long ride I think I’ll try heading up to Lake Orion. Maybe Saturday…)