When I looked outside today, I knew I wouldn’t end up running at lunch. It seemed like it might finally be warm enough to ride my bike outside, and that’s exactly what I did. It was still pretty cold, but not nearly cold enough to stop me from riding (and not nearly as cold as the Ice Breaker Tri a few years ago).

I rode up through The Cedars, out to Canyon, down to SR-92, over to Canyon Crest, through the round-about onto Main, up to Alpine Blvd, past the camels to the stop sign at Grove Dr. Then I turned around and went back down Alpine Blvd to Main, down to 200 N, up to Westfield, all the way to the stop sign at Suncrest Dr. Then I turned around and went back down Westfield to 200 N, over to Main, back to Canyon Crest, out to SR-92, up the big hill on Canyon, back through The Cedars, and back home. All in all, it was 16.25 miles.

I was a little surprised to see my average speed for the whole loop was 16. It certainly felt a lot slower than that… especially climbing the hills. But I’ll take it. It was so nice just to be outside today. I wish I could have ridden another hour.