Jacque is really getting into the biking for health thing..... She suggested, again, for the third day in a row, that we go for another ride on the tandem.
We love riding the Bosque, but it's almost 30 miles away.
Not only that, but we have to cross Albuquerque almost its entire width to get there, meaning it takes slightly less than a full hour one way with all the usual traffic. It's even worse now with the ART (Albuq Rapid Transit) construction going on, which has Central almost totally ruined and thus lots of additional delays.
We COULD park farther north at the city lot at Alameda, but that's been a magnet for car thieves and burglars for years. We've parked there in the past with no incidents, but neighboring autos have been burgled so we avoid it. No matter where we park, it's a long drive, and it adds almost 2 full hours to the time allotted for biking, and it eats up the most of a day... And as much as we love biking, we do have other things we need and have to do.
Which is a lengthy lead-in to why we rode a short ride on nearby Frost Road here in our own neighborhood today.
The weather was again wonderful today. I again built a fire in the wood stove to take the waking chill off the house when we got up, but if the warming spring-like weather continues, it will be only another few days before we need NO fire in the morning to feel comfy in the house.
We always seem to draw attention with the long bike and the short doggies, and we received a few friendly honks from passing cars today. Nice folks out here....
I didn't have that much steam in my boiler today, meaning we turned around earlier than usual, and had planned to do a much shorter ride anyway just to leave time for "other stuff".
We hope to work out a more regular schedule for at least a short ride several times each week.
Ride Started: 9:57 AM Ride Ended: 10:55 AM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.2 Ending Voltage: 12.9 Lowest: 12.8
Beginning Blood Glucose: 151 Ending Reading: 82
Lowest Temp 60 F Highest Temp: 71 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 4.92
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.1 MPH 6.3 MPH 28.7 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
57 minutes 46 minutes 11 minutes
That's pretty cool, Jaque can read and peddle along to
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