It was a beautiful day for a ride today. Fairly windy but the sun was out and I was in shorts. The wind seems to be a fixed northerly these days which I have yet to decide if that is beneficial. It makes the long slog along Johnson Ave. harder and I am lucky just to keep pace there but the ride back down Motor Parkway is flying.
Ocean Ave. was finally open today and I can confirm that it was a tree that had fallen. I saw evidence of where it had been as a quarter of the tree remained in the front yard of some property. I am sure it must have taken down powerlines with it so maybe they had to erect a new pole also. I saw the broken bottle from Sunday – it was well and truly smashed but I am certain that other vehicles must have gone over it after I did. I was fortunate in that I didn’t get a puncture.
Pace was good today and I finished five minutes ahead of the schedule. The chain felt dry so I am going to have to lubricate that this evening. I have one more ride this week, tomorrow, and am taking Thursday and Friday off. I weighed in under 170lbs again and hopefully I won’t go back up. I want to be nearer 160 when I do the longer brevets as I am still carrying excess weight for these climbs. I am also looking forward to doing the Montauk Century and want to see if I can finish before 1pm.
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