Tuesday 8/24/2010
23.5 miles today
343.2 miles this month
4461 miles this year
144 ride days LY vs. 143 ride days TY
3039 miles needed to hit 2010 goal (7500 miles)
I am @ 59% of my goal. I need to be @ 66.6% (5000 miles) by the end of August
186 miles ahead of last year at this date

Headed out to do my patriotic duty and vote today, even though the weatherman called for isolated thunder showers 30-40%. Got to the polling location went inside and voted, wrote a nice compliment card for an excellent job that the staff was doing,then went outside and was taking a picture of my bike in front of the vote here sign (photo 1)and got scolded for it. Sure didn't understand that. Weather was still looking pretty good so I took off for Panera bread and some breakfast (photo 2). Stayed to long at Panera and some of that 30-40% started falling on my head. I had a head wind of about 15mph so I ducked into Westmont Park to wait out the rain (photo 3). About an hour and a half later I was able to head for home. (Photo 4) is what the weather map looked like when I walked in the door. I live right in the middle of the dark green.