Promise

Saying good riddance to winter, and getting back to the rides of spring, summer and fall. An eighty miler yesterday and 50 today, with respectable speeds, on a fender-less road bike is a very good sign. 50/16.0

The snow is gone and the lakes, creeks and rivers are losing their ice. It's nice to see earth, dirt, brush, and leaves. Snow has quit clinging to branches and boughs, and the smell of dampness, thawing and farm fields has been released from the frozen death of winter back into the breathable life of spring air.
It's been a reluctant transition. I'm not sure which is at fault, winter for not giving in to the inevitable, or spring for not really trying, but wherever the blame lies reason, time, and seasonal tradition has brought about the hope that spring is. The delight of long rides, late sunsets, barbeques, evening walks, rose garden blooms, picnics on the shore, and concerts at the Lake Harriet band shell all await.

Very Nice Ride With Amy

Like It Wrong

Another Saturday where the weather folks got it wrong in the right way. Sun was out, but the prediction was rain. I took my chances and didn't even put a fender on the "B" bike. I over dressed, just in case, and wound up shedding extra layers about half way into the 80 miles.
Got our favorite route in, but there was a wrong in the wrong prediction: the wind. It was suppose to be out of the NW but stayed out of the south for the entire ride....caused some hard work from Hanover to Watertown.
It's that time of year where I'm getting in the longest and fastest of the year, since we're just coming out of winter. It felt good to get a 78/18.7 ride in.
Good group of 6 or 7.

April Snow

It snowed today. Any thought of spending some time outside, on or off a bike, was easily dismissed. A successful day off the bike.

Good

You got it good when your daughter texts you and wants to go on a ride with you. Twenty miles with Gabrielle. She did 50 and taught a Spinning class today too. 20/15.8

Feelin' It

Apparently I really do need a day off, feelin' tired today. I'm blamin' it on the 20pmh wind I was riding against. 20/15.5

Gentle

Another road bike weekday. The Cannondale comes home a little sandy and salty, but, once dried out, a light, quick stroke of a soft brush and all is forgotten. 24/15.8

Deeper Into Spring

On the road bike for the first time, during the week, since December. Figured it wouldn't be to sloppy with temps only nudging freezing. Kind of cold out there for April, but I was on a road bike. Roads are a little dicey because there are so many pot holes. They could take out a wheel real easy. 23/15.2

Minnehaha Falls