Tonight’s sunset was 6:50 – just over 10 minutes earlier than the previous Tuesday. As I rode out for the final Gyros Tuesday night ride (which has had an earlier start time the past few weeks cause of the earlier sunsets), my knees and arms ached a bit. As I rode over solo to meet up for the group ride, I questioned whether or not to even ride with the group. But with it being the final Tuesday night ride till the Spring, I powered through.
As it turned out, the ride for the most part was pretty leisurely and my pain and discomfort quickly faded away.
Today was a busy and uber-stressful and the 33 miles on the bike was the perfect stress reliever. With that gone today with these shorter days, it’s going to be tough to find an exact substitute. I’ve put in more miles on the road (cycling) this year than ever before and expect the numbers to increase in 2009. But with the shorter days, the opportunities to ride outside are going to become more and more limited and I’m dreading have to use the trainer at home and spinning bike at the gym to still accumulate those weekday cycling miles.
All of my routine events surrounding cycling are coming to a close for the year/season: my race season is concluded, tomorrow may be my last bike commute in till next year and now the Tuesday night group rides are done. Here’s to continued focus and a quick and mild autumn and winter. I’m already counting the months and days until we start seeing progressively longer days.
Final 2008 Gyros Tuesday Night St. Francis Ride
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