So I rode 113 very flat miles yesterday.
I started at Avoca Park at the south end of the Little Miami River Trail:
This trail is board flat and the weather was perfect, so there wasn't much suffering to be had. There was a major race going on at Loveland and I had to be careful not to get in the racers way, although they didn't appear to be taking things too seriously.
I went through beautiful downtown Xenia:
The above is Xenia Landing, built to accommodate cycling visitors.
I slogged my way through Yellow Springs.
There was a street fair in Yellow Springs and it was a mess. Thousands of people on the trail made travel very slow.
So I made it to Springfield, turned around, and had to go mano a mano through Yellow Springs again.
It gave me a chance to go through beautiful Xenia again:
The Dayton spur took me past a drag strip. It made an airport seem serene. I wish I'd snapped a picture or two of it.
I ended up along the Mad River Trail in Dayton:
Unfortunately I ran out of trail and energy, but if packed blinkies, strobes and one packet of Gu that made the trip on the Dayton city streets safe enough.
I payed strict attention to my nutrition. I had one milkshake, two Cokes, three tacos and the above mentioned Gu. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that.
Today I'm tired but not sore. And there's a club century coming up in two weeks. I may be dumb enough to try it.
Thats it.