Today was again rainy, dank, and cold. The enthusiasm for riding in such weather can be difficult to muster.
As usual, though, the clouds cleared a bit and the rains stopped later in the day, so I again chose to burn down the blood sugar at least a little and boost the morale by dragging the trike out again.
It was sufficiently cold that I not only wore 3 layers of shirts, but also enclosed shoes with socks and FULL fingered gloves. I dug through my almost - forgotten stash of cold weather cycling gear and found ONE of my flap-open mittens that I prefer to wear, so I had to wear the fingered gloves which helped a bit but my fingers don't like being isolated when in cold weather - they prefer to lounge together inside mittens. Ah Well. Hopefully I'll discover missing items soon.
Just riding same routes over and over can get a bit dull, so I decided to just randomly zig-zag around Mountain Grove to get in some miles without taking my well-known outer routes on the outskirts around the area. Not only less boring, but I got to see some more streets and neighborhoods I'm unfamiliar with.
Today was the usual mix of reactions from motorists and pedestrians I encountered, from big waves and flashing headlights to weird looks and - in the case of a female walker I passed close to - pretending I was invisible. Which was hopefully not the case since I was running the headlamp on the front of the helmet as well as the flashing red tail light - since full sunshine was not in abundance.
Ride Started: 3:19 PM Ride Ended: 4:22 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.7 Ending Battery Voltage: 13.0 Lowest Voltage: 13.0
Beginning Blood Glucose: 253 Ending BG: 163
Lowest Temp: 44 F Highest Temp: 46 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 6.31
Distance Walked: .6 mile
Overall Average Speed Moving Avg Max Speed
6.6 MPH 6.9 MPH 22.3 MPH
Distance Walked: .6 mile
Overall Average Speed Moving Avg Max Speed
6.6 MPH 6.9 MPH 22.3 MPH
Total Trip Time Moving Time Stopped Time
57 minutes 55 minutes 2 minutes
57 minutes 55 minutes 2 minutes
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