Yesterday (Tuesday), the weather looked promising, and I needed to break the Monday Blues™ that kept me off the bike on Monday. Even my wife encouraged me to ride to work. The problem was, I had a rehearsal in the evening that would add lots of miles. Our concerts are this weekend, so this was the dress rehearsal. My workplace is 13 miles north of home, and the rehearsal church is 5 miles south of home. I thought maybe I'll leave my bike at work and pick it up today. But I left work early enough and rode all the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn for rehearsal. I even got there early. The morning ride into work was spectacularly gorgeous because the sunlight from spring was so noticeably brighter than a bright winter day. The wind was uncommonly calm, so I made good time into work, pushing myself along the way. The evening ride to Brooklyn was challenging, because a wind from the south had whipped up, and I had to fight that the whole way. I got to ride over the Brooklyn Bridge, which is a treat. We got out of rehearsal after 10pm, and the ride home wasn't hard. Normally I go from Brooklyn to Manhattan over the Manhattan Bridge, but I decided to treat myself again to the Brooklyn Bridge. I feel lucky. 38 miles in total, and my body is tired because I rode all those miles pretty hard, but it's a good kind of tired. I didn't ride into work today, but I did some lifting and pushups.