2022 mileage: 2059.0
Today I was able to ride outside for the first time since returning home from our vacation in Alabama—I rode the Platt/Packard Square (13.6) miles on a beautifully sunny day. (The only one we're supposed to have all week—yesterday morning we had cold rain the whole time, and then around noon it switched over to big wet sloppy SNOWFLAKES. Tomorrow the rain is supposed to return, and to stay with us for a few days.
However, my ride today was terribly slow (1:59)—I believe the slowest I've ever ridden that route. This puzzles me, because it was not as though I was trying to ride slowly, and after picking the trike up from the dealer yesterday after its spring tune-up, I expected it to be improved. But instead, it squeaked and groaned, and seemed slower than before I had taken it in.
Guess I just have to get into the groove of riding in Michigan again. Still, I can't help casting a longing glance at Orange Beach, Alabama, where I was riding last week, and seeing that it is 76° there now (whereas here, though it was sunny, I started about noon at 47°, and it climbed to 56° by the time I finished.).
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