If not for the green foliage on the trees, I could have mistaken today for a Fall day; gray, overcast skies, cool temperature, cooler wind out of the north. It may sound bleak, but I find it's actually pretty good bike riding weather. I held off most weekend because the weather reports suggested rain—it didn't rain–but by the middle of the afternoon that threat passed. I didn't intend on a very long ride, but ended up logging 40 miles. I even went beyond the Blue Route (Philadelphia's north-south, suburban beltway), an area I'd not previously ridden, to the very western edges of the suburbs. When I reached Media, a little before 5:30 PM and after about two hours of riding, I decided attempt to return home as speedily as possible, challenging myself to make it there by 7:00 PM, a goal I beat by a good 15 minutes.
Ride Statistics:
Length: 40 miles
Total Time: 3 hours 26 minutes
Riding Time: 3 hours 17 minutes
Average Speed: 12.2 MPH
Max Speed: 30.8 MPH
Cumulative Ascent: 3,200 feet
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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