biking as therapy

The rest of life may be in a turmoil but you can always just hop on your bike and pedal it all away.

I had scheduled a mid week morning ride and invited members of one of my social bike groups that I belong to. This time of year you take your chances with the weather but we really lucked out today. I posted this ride with very short notice so was not terribly surprised that I didn't see anyone at the designated start time. I lollygagged around (hmmm...spell check doesn't like "lollygagged"!) for a bit then finally took off for a 43 mile ride out to Hagg Lake the long way, around once, and back via the express route. Beautiful blue sky, very light wind. In the low 50's when I returned at noon.

Now watching the Tour of California coverage on the web........ there was just a bad crash in the peloton! Ouch!!

You can watch too.

UPDATE: Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-Highroad)wins by the width of his rim after over 100 miles of racing.
4 hrs, 42 mins and some odd seconds/116 miles of racing. Amazing.


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...............Road Bike.....LifeCycle.....Total Miles
Today............43...............0.................43
Jan total.......501.....+.........30.......=.......531
Feb total.......396.....+.........0........=.......396
Year to date....897.....+.........30.......=.......928
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