The Cynic Says……

So today I decided I’d just go riding around until I didn’t feel like riding anymore… 46.95 miles later, I finally came home mostly due to the impending thunderstorms. It just kept randomly raining off and on and it looked as though it was going to storm pretty hard core so I decided to cut it short of 50 miles for the day. I’m not a big fan of riding my new bike in the rain unless I absolutely have to, either. My total riding time was just over 3 hrs even though I was gone for nearly 8 hours. I ended up stopping for food twice, random rest stops because my ass hurt and a few other stops at the bike shops and whatnot. I still think before this summer is out I’d like to get a century (100 miles) in. My only problem is that I’m not really sure my ass can take it. Then again, today I was wearing my least comfortable and most annoying shorts. As it stands, I’m at 560 miles this month with a few days left to go. My initial goal was 500 miles this month and once I realized I would have no trouble with that, I was shooting for 600. Looks as though I should do just fine getting that as well. Maybe next month I’ll hit 700! I’d really like to do a 1000 mile month but I’m not really sure I can pull that off. That’s averaging over 30 miles per day! Who knows… we’ll see how it goes by the end of summer. After all, I’m going to start working 3a-11a starting next month so I’ll actually have more time to ride. Given that schedule, I’ll actually be able to ride either before or after work… or both. On top of that I’ll have weekends off, which will rock.