Lise
04-11-2006, 09:55 AM
The weather today was near perfect for a ride. 66 degrees! What a difference from 41 and biting wind on Saturday. Today is overcast, some wind out of the south and west. I took off in bike shorts under running tights, a silk long undershirt, tech long sleeve shirt, light vest, and wool socks. By 3 miles, the vest and tights were off. By 8 miles, the silk shirt was off. It was perfect after that. I'd taken my small Timbuk2 bag, and it all fit.
I was going to put the new bike on the rack and drive south, looking for a good place to park and ride along the less-travelled part of the lakefront path. Realized that I didn't want to spend the time hauling out the rack, putting it on the car, etc. So I just rode over to the lake and north, 5 miles from my place to the turnaround at the northernmost point. Flying. I am so powerful on my fabulous new bike! I think. Ahem. Coming south I encountered a little thing called "wind", which was pushing me going north! :p But I rode into it, really not bad, went south to the dog beach at Belmont, and stripped off one of the shirts. Stretched, drank some water, came on home past Wrigley Field, where the Cubs will play this afternoon. 12 miles altogether. A good start to the season.
The guy I'd been seeing for a month disappeared without a trace this week, and my heart's been feeling pretty bruised, if not exactly broken. I know he's not dead, because he's still online, looking for love. He kissed me goodbye last Monday morning, exchanged some light emails...and vanished into the vapor. No response to my last email or phone call saying, "How's your week been?" First time that's happened to me. I did not see it coming. I have enough dignity to just let it go. I am so grateful that I have my bike, and some years of biking and triathlon under my belt. No matter how weak, naive, dumb, unattractive (fill in the yucky thought) I feel when I think about him, I feel strong, smart, and hopeful when I'm riding 22 miles a hour on the gorgeous new bike I earned. I have a race season planned. I know that by the end of it, I'll be stronger than I've ever been, in both body and spirit.
And I look forward to meeting someone like the wonderful men I hear about here on the TE board. :) You'd better believe I'll let you know when I do!
I was going to put the new bike on the rack and drive south, looking for a good place to park and ride along the less-travelled part of the lakefront path. Realized that I didn't want to spend the time hauling out the rack, putting it on the car, etc. So I just rode over to the lake and north, 5 miles from my place to the turnaround at the northernmost point. Flying. I am so powerful on my fabulous new bike! I think. Ahem. Coming south I encountered a little thing called "wind", which was pushing me going north! :p But I rode into it, really not bad, went south to the dog beach at Belmont, and stripped off one of the shirts. Stretched, drank some water, came on home past Wrigley Field, where the Cubs will play this afternoon. 12 miles altogether. A good start to the season.
The guy I'd been seeing for a month disappeared without a trace this week, and my heart's been feeling pretty bruised, if not exactly broken. I know he's not dead, because he's still online, looking for love. He kissed me goodbye last Monday morning, exchanged some light emails...and vanished into the vapor. No response to my last email or phone call saying, "How's your week been?" First time that's happened to me. I did not see it coming. I have enough dignity to just let it go. I am so grateful that I have my bike, and some years of biking and triathlon under my belt. No matter how weak, naive, dumb, unattractive (fill in the yucky thought) I feel when I think about him, I feel strong, smart, and hopeful when I'm riding 22 miles a hour on the gorgeous new bike I earned. I have a race season planned. I know that by the end of it, I'll be stronger than I've ever been, in both body and spirit.
And I look forward to meeting someone like the wonderful men I hear about here on the TE board. :) You'd better believe I'll let you know when I do!