Today is day one of my August Challenge I mentioned here.
I figured I needed to start the month off right, so I set my alarm for 3:55 am. Didn't want to take any chances. Of course that meant I woke up 3 times through out the night to look at the clock since I didn't want to over sleep. Amazing how we stress ourselves about things sometimes.
Anyway I got my ride in bright and early.
10.4 miles
45:36 elapsed time
Totals for the month:
10.4 miles
45:36 elapsed time
A couple of interesting things I noticed on this morning's ride were the smells and the traffic.
Most mornings when its fairly still I can smell various things like when someone passes me smoking in their car, or smoking out in front of their house. I can also smell the water from sprinklers. This morning, however there was a new smell. As I turned onto Pebble for my first lap I passed a honey dew wagon heading to the construction site to service the porta-potties. For the next 6 laps that was the predominant smell for the entire lap. I'm not sure if he spilled some of the waste or it was just a matter of the suction, but the smell was pretty strong!
The second thing I noticed again this morning was heavier traffic. In fact on 4 of the 10 laps I had cars pulling out of the subdivision that I ride around. 3 of the 4 were very courteous and stopped and waited for me. The fourth, however pulled out as if I wasn't there. Fortunately I assume they cannot see me whenever I encounter traffic and had my defensive maneuver planned and executed with not harm. I just find it hard to believe they didn't see me with my light, wearing white and as large as I am.
How did everyone do on day one of the challenge????
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