24 Miles! Go Me!

Noticed a few things while ridin today...

- I ride the way I swam in HS - for distance, not speed

- cloud cover, low temps, and padded bike shorts make you think you can pedal forever

- pedaling forever is overrated and I should know better

- my bicycle does not have a seat belt, nor is one required

- I need to stop panicking that I don't have a seat belt on when I see a police car

- Terry Hershey/George Bush park is home to lots of cardinals 

- cardinals are beautiful birds...unless they are dive bombing you

- now I know how the pigs in Angry Birds feel

- if you are walking for exercise you should not be able to carry on a phone conversation

- the walkers, joggers, and cyclists at the park before me missed a few spider webs

- I can do the Spider Web Ninja Dance and continue in a straight line...spider web ninja level improving

- there are way more hills on the Terry Hershey side of the park then I remember

- hills are evil

- changed gears more today then I have in the last 10 months of owning the bike!

- my butt's 8 mile limit has been extended to 24 miles (possibly further) thanks to my new bike shorts

- too bad bike shorts don't help with butt muscle pain

- it was a nice change riding without my nether regions going numb

- passing your vehicle makes you think "9 miles is enough for today"

- not giving in and pedaling on makes you proud of yourself

- well built men in spandex make the ride just that much better

- enough frogs croaking at once sound like small dogs barking

- being chased by an angry goose is worse then being chased by a dog

- having my butt wrapped in spandex bike shorts is probably what made the goose mad

- to the older gentleman - while I applaud you for getting out and jogging, this (makes circular motions with her hand in front of her chest) jigglin all over is upsetting, please put your shirt back on

- not taking the turn-around at Eldridge to avoid one hill resulted in two extra hills and an almost endless incline

- rain is very refreshing when you are hot and tired

- rain blowing at you while you are moving at 10 mph hurts

- rain makes seeing out of your glasses a bit of a challenge

- after two miles it is no longer fun to ride in the rain

- wished my truck wasn't four miles away when it started raining

- on cloudy days I should put a towel in the truck just in case the weatherman is right and it rains

- a washcloth sized rag isn't big enough to dry off with

- bike shorts slide on but must be peeled off