26.2 miles (42.2k). I dressed in the usual 4 layers for the morning cold/sunshine and was overdressed by the end of the ride. I'll take it. Went again late afternoon. Looks like a cloudy weekend.

2018: 491m (789k) ♂ Total: 21,474m (34,559k)

With unseasonably warm 60F February weather, I decided to peddle to the next town over from me. Got in 130 minutes.
The weatherman is calling for rain, rain, and more rain this weekend, so looks like a washout.

Metric century number three for the month. Another beautiful but windy day. With two more ride days left this week, we took it fairly easy to keep the legs from giving out in the wind.

ONLY 6 miles, but they were cold, windy, and snowy/icy miles on the Rock Island Trail in Peoria/Dunlap, IL.

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54 Miles on a much cooler day then the record highs we've been enjoying lately. Just one of the usual out and back rides I do. Put a new chain on the bike yesterday and cleaned up the bike.Had a good day.

9 miles yesterday evening after work. Dry and upper 40's - cold and snow stayed north of Indy.

62 miles Tuesday afternoon after walking 18 holes that morning. 76 miles with 4400’ of climbing yesterday.

Rode 23 miles this morning. This is the most of have done since I was diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis. It felt good to be out for a bit longer today. I have been slowly increasing my miles after being off the bike for two weeks in January.

Hot and humid and very windy. Did my normal 40 mile route with my cycling buddy.

Went on a Club ride today, got put in a group of six. They intentionally cut the route short due to an impending threat of rain, but we still got soaked. Wound up with about 35 miles.

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River Ride, my normal Saturday morning ride. Big group, fast group. Didn't have the greatest legs, so I had to use all my wily old man powers to stay attached. On days like today with a north wind, there's a long straight tailwind section that leads to a sweeping turn to a crosswind (known as The Sweeper, obviously). Strong guys at the front were trying to split the group so it ramped up to 40. I hardly ever have to use my 11, but on days like today, I'm glad I had it on this wheelset.

2.5 hours. 51miles door to door.

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Back to the low 40's, with overcast, but No rain.

One of my somewhat standard solo around the blocks and back and forth. 6 miles,and no garage sales today.
Around one hour.
Rode the Viking i am working to rebuild, and continue to think it will be a solid runner when done.

Then it was the trike back to the library and the book sale they are having today.
Got a shopping bag of paperbacks for 1 buck. About 25 books. Another 1 mile plus.

Hoping to find one or two out of the bunch that's worth reading.

And 7 miles late this afternoon. Upper 30's but dry.

17 miles Saturday afternoon. I'd planned to ride farther but I kept waiting for the weather to improve and it got worse instead of better. Cold front coming in. So when the forecasted 45 degrees turned out to be closer to freezing, I tried the aluminum foil in the socks trick (it worked, sort of) and went for a quickie.

Not bad at all. But the aluminum foil really should be in the form of foil lined Mylar built into a toe cover or foot cover for road bike shoes. The foil inside the shoes got uncomfortable after an hour -- too tight on top of the toes. But it works to reflect heat without getting sweaty.

.7 miles Sat. Got hit by a heavy wind, turned around and went home.
5.1 miles (8.1k) Sun. Tried to ride but it was just too cold (31°) and cloudy—miserable.

2018: 496m (799k) ♂ Total: 21,480m (34,568k)

Pretty much the same as yesterday's ride. 40 very windy miles but today I was solo.

I got 32 miles in on Wrightsville Beach this morning. Amazing how warm it was for Feb. 72 out and a strong south wind which made it fun going north but a workout going south.

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Did a group MTB ride with Champaign Cycle today in very icy, slick conditions. Snow, covered with 1/2 inch of freezing rain. My poor 15 year old girl was up for it, but has only ridden singe track once, and not in these conditions. She fell several times, but refused to quit. She loves to ride, but has decided that she vastly prefers dry pavement to what we did today....

Monday. Commuted. Tailwind all the way in. The return is gonna suck tonight!

10 miles Monday night, casual ride just to stretch the legs after overdoing the calf raises and lunges this weekend. First time I've had sore muscles in awhile.

It is allegedly 50F, but with a strong cold SW wind, it feels a lot less. I decided to bundle up and managed to ride 122 minutes.
I also had a close call with a cager on a busy thoroughfare who acted like he was going to do a right hook on me, but stopped short of doing it.

Scouted a 40 mile route with the missus this morning, starting at 6:00AM. You know what sucks more than trying to squeeze in 40 miles before work on a cold, damp, dark-turning-to-gray morning? Trying to squeeze in 40 miles before work on a cold, damp, dark-turning-to-gray morning at the height of mid-week rush hour!

...on roads littered with potholes!

Oh, and just to add even more excitement, at mile 22 the missus hit some black ice and went down. Having just spent most of the past year off the bike due to a hip injury, she was completely freaked out (since she landed on her hip), but managed to pull herself together and ride the rest of the route. Adrenaline is some powerful stuff.

62 miles on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon/evening, about 40 miles solo, the rest with friends. Windy, about 15-20 mph, but temperature was perfect, 70-80F. Needed that for stress and anxiety relief. Been a tough year so far.

Just a real short 6.25 mile ride after recovering from the Flu...

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