i had one goal today: ride 20 miles. not a huge undertaking i'll admit. lance could ride that far while taking a nap. but 20 miles is what i needed to pass another milestone. i have now ridden more miles - with today's 22.33 miles - in january 2010 than i had ridden by may 30, 2009. just over 60 miles until i'm caught up with half of last year. maybe i'll make that by month's end. maybe not.
to get my miles in today, i had to ride back and forth, back and forth, back and forth along the shelter belt east of town. i stuck to repetitive passes up and down this two-mile stretch of road because every time i ventured out from behind the trees, i was nearly knocked off my bike by the bitterly cold northeast wind that's blowing today. rather than freeze to death - it was 22.5 degrees when i left, 22.6 when i got back - i hid from the wind. (22.33 miles @ 16.1mph)
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