Lonely Day

Although my legs were a little sore yesterday evening as a result of Sunday's long ride, I was happy to find them in a very cooperative mood this morning. I had planned on an easy spin, and wasn't too surprised to find the usual levee-top meeting spot empty when I arrived. The skies were grey and there was an occasional light drizzle falling - not even enough to make the streets wet, but certainly something to think about - and of course it was a Monday. Since I had intended to do an easy ride, I hadn't spared the clothes and was toasty warm.

The parking lot at Jefferson Playground was also deserted this morning as I rode past, spinning easily in the 39x15. In fact, there was practically nobody up on the levee bike path at all. For a while, I fiddled with the bike computer, trying to get it to register my speed, but never got a single mph out of the thing. Yesterday, it had worked fine for 77 miles, and then this morning it was, what?, on strike or something?? Bike computers can certainly be finicky. I happen to have a replacement wire and pickup for the speed sensor, so I'll put that on this evening and see if it solves the problem. I'd hate to have to retire the computer when its so close to hitting the 40,000 mile mark. It always seems that I start to bond with inanimate objects like cars and computers when they start to show their age. It's almost like I feel sorry for them and don't want to see them go.

After I turned around, I ran into Joe F., who turned around to ride back with me. There was a strong headwind all the way back, and Joe chatted for a minute or two and then said he was going to drop back and get on my wheel, so I was pretty much back to riding by myself again. Without the benefit of the speedometer, I switched to cadence mode and just held an easy 80-85 rpm all the way back. Anyway, I'm pleased that my legs felt good. The weather forecast for the next few days is looking damned wet and nasty, but at least it won't be too cold.

It's around 2 p.m. right now and looking out my 25th floor window it looks like about 2 miles of visibility with a grey fog shrouding everything. It sure would be nice to see the sun again.

"Ain't no sunshine . . ."