2024 MILEAGE - 2578.3
Kristian Frikke-Schmidt is a very dear friend of mine. He and his family (wife Henriette, and children Ulrik, Teresa, and Luca) are natives of Denmark, but moved to California many years ago, and then moved to Michigan (Ann Arbor) sometime over a decade ago, and I became friends with him at our church, where he served as a song leader for our contemporary worship.
Then, after I got my first trike in 2015, for the first couple of years I had it, Kristian and I rode together almost every day, usually in Stonebridge, a housing development just over a mile south of us.
In 2019 their family moved yet again, to Pennsylvania, and I've not seen him since then, except for one summer day a couple of years ago when he and Henriette were back for a visit, and met Michelle and me for a modest hike at a local park.
Last week I got a message from him that he would be in town this week, and wondering if we could ride together. We planned a ride this morning, and set off about 9:45, riding (slowly) the Platt;Packard Square in great weather (not too hot, not too cold ... just right) -- 71° when we began, and 81° when we finished.
Just as we were starting off, I told him, "Sorry ... I'm still slow." He smiled, and reassured me warmly, "It's OK -- I'm here to ride with you, not to race with you."
This gave me a ride today of 13.4 miles in 2:02.
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