First ride of the season

While the pros are out there pounding the Race to the Sun (Paris-Nice), the warming this week got me out into the mud, slush, sand and salt yesterday to pound out a quick 20K for the first time this season. Of course, the weirdly warm winter meant that I didn’t stop riding until the end of January. I had a really long Christmas Eve ride and several quite warm days in January, so the only month I didn’t ride at all was February. And I normally get back on the bike around St. Patrick’s Day, so this isn’t all that early. I started on the bike path, which was hella-wet and only open for about half its distance (still snowed in for the rest of the way to Watervliet) so I turned around and went up the hill to the cemetery, a nice little jaunt up a wide-shouldered road that I always enjoy. Nice start to the season.

You know what’s better than endorphins? Me, either.