I didn't ride today, but that was because today was a recovery day. For the last few years I have wanted to ride the entire Withlacoochee Trail, but something always got in the way. Yesterday I went out expecting to ride down to Inverness and back, about 32 miles. Once I got down there I decided to keep going, so I called my wife and asked if she would pick me up wherever I ran out of gas. Well, to make a long story short, I rode all the way to the end at Trilby and then turned around and rode 6 miles back to Ridge Manor where my wife was waiting to pick me up. Total mileage was 52.4, my longest ride ever.

The biggest surprise was my average speed was 13.8 mph. I was still cruising along at 14-16 mph right up until the end. The biggest problem was that I didn't have anything to eat with me. I thought I could stop at the Istachatta General Store and get something, but found when I got there that it had gone out of business. Good thing I had plenty of water! Overall it was a great day and I finally have that monkey off my back!