Still Hot and Humid

It felt good on the bike today. I took it easy, just putting on miles. 33/17.8

Tough Women

Rode to Afton. Plenty of hills not much of a wind, but it was hot and humid. 90 degrees with a 68 degree dew point, and these gals just hung in there. OK so they did stop and run through a sprinkler once, but still. Pretty impressive! 76/16.5

Two Listen

Out of the many voices in my head, when it comes to cycling I only hear two. One of the voices says go fast and hard, and the other says to go slow and easy. The go slow voice is soft and always ridiculed by the go fast voice. Over the years I have learned the hard way that my go slow voice is often right, but it's so hard to listen to. I haven't been feeling good all week. Monday I didn't ride at all. I listened to my go slow voice today, because it was hot, humid and windy, and I've been so tired all week.
It was a beautiful summer day and I was riding solo. I took a southerly course not sure of where I'd go, but wanted to be out in some rural landscapes again. The wind was waltzing with wheat fields, turning and dipping the wheat to showoff it's delicate body while witnessing it's core strength. The wheat danced with the wind in serpentine like patterns, flashing ever so many shades of green in an attempt to attract it's next partner.
Some birds were fighting against the wind, but the wiser used it effortlessly to stay motionless in mid air. Others played games of tag dodging into broken out barn windows to avoid being caught by their pursuer.
My attempt to use the wind to my advantage was foiled by fatigue. When I finally turned and had a tail wind my speed increased, but all I could muster today was 96/18.8.

Everywhere

Worked on my Schwinn today, and after riding it tonight, I'm not done.
Had lunch with my daughter, and rode to meet her there.
Rode with Lynne to the fireworks in Downtown Minneapolis. It was dark on the way home, but we had a blast, even though my chain came off a couple of times. I think I had the tension too tight. 25/??

No Title

A perfect Summer evening. I rode slow and without purpose. Delightful! 33/15.8

I think I need some new cleats.

Keep Riding

I'm still tired. I just don't have the zip or pep, in my legs, that I'd like. I'm going to have to take it easy for another couple of weeks, I guess. 38/16.9 and an additional 4 miles doing some errands.

Sleep

Ahhhh! It's amazing what 12 hours of sleep can do. 39/18.2