1st Ride in Weeks

The snow finally melted and the mud dried.

I knew it (i.e. the ride) would be fast.

What fitness I had last fall or early winter is long gone.

Luckily someone less fit than I showed up. We hung together at the way back and made the best of it.

The conditions were mixed. There were some soft spots, some slick and some dry as a bone.

At one point I made an effort to catch the back of the group on a particular downhill. Somewhere near the bottom and near to catching the last rider, I went down. Didn’t think much of it at the time, but since getting home last night my wrist has been pretty sore.

Hmmmm.

That’s no fun.

At least (so far) I can still pick up Abigail. I’ll give it some time and see what happens.

Maybe with nicer weather, I can start commuting regularly again. That should help the fitness significantly.

– b