A perfect day

Shadow and Loki(aka Basenj-Y.) Loki will be visited this weekend by her arch nemisis the ever affable Shadow. Shadow is an Australian Shepherd.



What a fantabulous day. It’s really hard to be angry with anyone when you get a day like this. So ok I SHOULD have mowed the lawn. I’ll do it tomorrow before my brother-in-law drops off his dog with us for the weekend.



It was far too nice a day to concentrate on form (cadence, cornering, shifting, braking ect.) I just went for a really long slow ride around some of my “if-only-I-wasn’t-a-poor-underemployed-artist-and-had-learned-a-skill-or-trade-that-would-net-me-an-annua l-income-above-5K-I-would-live-in-this-neighborhood” rides.

1 hour ride @ 8 miles /hr = 8 miles today. For frame of reference I started out riding on or about April 10 at about 9mph for about 30-40 mins. In the past 2 weeks I’ve upped my speed to 12-14 mph with an average of 12mph and I’ve been starting to ride 12 -13 miles in prep for Bike4Sight. What limited rider info I have been provided states the 13 mile course was redesigned for this year “and what hill there are, are not long or steep” But I think that is entirely relative if, like me, you haven’t been on a bike in a while a sped bump can seem long and steep so I keep making certain to add slow grades, short steep hills and rolling hills to my rides. If nothing else my strength and balance have improved.