“Ride #31: One Thousand Miles”

The weather was truly perfect today. Blue blue sky with occasional puffy white clouds, a very slight breeze, temps in the low 80's, and moderate humidity. What more could I ask for?

So, I rode the long loop up through Westerly, Watch HIll, and Misquamicut Beach. I changed it a little from last time, but was surprised to find that it was almost exactly the same distance.

On the way back I was running low on Gatorade, so I stopped by my grandparents' summer apartment to fill up with some cold water. After a bit of knocking, Grampa finally came to the door in his robe. I asked if I had woken him up from a nap, and he said, "Yeah, but that's ok, I had to answer the door anyway." What a wise guy. :-)

Not far from home, I crossed the big line in the road that marked my thousandth mile for the season! I'm still way behind where I was at this point last year, though. Then I finished my thousandth mile on June 10th, which was that season's ride #32! However, that was also a few days after the first century of the season, which I didn't do this year. In other words, if we ignore the date and just look at the number of rides, I'm a bit ahead of last year. I also did fourteen rides in June this year, compared to ten last year.

Hey, anything to boost my confidence, and really it's not my fault that I'm so far behind this year. I didn't have a bike until late April!

Stats: 54.27 miles (87.37 km) in 2h 52' 37" for an average speed of 18.86 mph (30.37 kph).