Closing in on milestone #1

Brenda got in another 41 miles today, which puts her over the 900-mile mark for the year, and fast closing in on her first 1,000 miles.  It was a good riding day and she said she kicked butt on the ride, staying out at the front most of the time.  Oh, and that cold snap from last weekend?  It’s ancient history now.  She started riding this morning before the sun was all the way up and the temperature was in the mid-60s then.  Before the ride was over it had warmed up to the mid-70s. 

Not quite like summer-time riding, but nothing like winter-time riding either, not even here in Central Florida.  Around here, though, February is a weirdo time of year.  It’s bizarro weather.  It can be anything from sunny to rainy, and from cold, cold, cold, to almost hot.  And it’s usually windy.  I guess it has something to do with that whole transition from cold to warm.  In any case, we can enjoy it when it’s good, and deal with it when it’s not because we know what’s coming—hot, hot, hot. 

I’ve always said that I’d rather ride when it’s hot than when it’s cold.  But in the last couple of years I have to admit that even I have noticed a little bit less of a desire to ride when it’s really, really hot.  And that’s the way it gets here in the summer.  About the only thing we can do is just make sure to get out there early in the morning.  Good thing the sunrise is early enough even with daylight saving time.  And that’s the next thing that we’ll have to deal with in a few weeks.  Right now sunrise is just after 7:00, so on those Tuesday & Thursday morning rides Brenda can safely head out about that same time.  But when we make the time change there’ll be a few weeks when it’ll still be dark out at that time.  Good thing she’s got that high-end headlight!