2024 MILEAGE - 2068.0
My riding has been pathetically weak in recent days, first because I was engaged in a big composition project, and then more recently because of the need to devote lots of time to piano practice for a choir oncert I accompanied last night for the Dexter school system.
Today it felt good to be able to get back to it, riding a round trip to Marsh Park. It was a relatively short ride, and quite slow, though. Two mitigating factors contributed to this: (1) I was experiencing pain (inexplicably) in my right knee, as well as in both feet, wearing the special shoes I need to use that clip into the bindings on the pedals. (2) Though it was sunny and warm (in the low seventies), I was battling a substantial wind (nearly 20 mph) that was not coming from a single (predictable) direction, but was swirling and circling.
It was a special day for me, too. The accident that nearly ended, and totally upended, my life occurred on May 22, 1993. The doctors told Michelle (who was not yet then my wife) that there was a good chance that I wouldn't survive the night. Because of this, she and I have always observed May 22 as Life Day—and this year was #31.
This gave me a ride of 10.1 miles in 1:27.
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