My summer has officially come to close and I must head back to my teaching duties tomorrow. It has not been the summer vacation I anticipated (surgery and major relationship issues) but I survived. My saving grace this summer was my bike and I am grateful I was able to ride for it helped me keep my sanity.
July started off rocky but I decided I would ride and ride I did. I found a great group of ladies to ride with in the club and they did not think twice about welcoming me into their group and so we rode together a lot. Last July I set a personal best of 903 miles for the month and really I never thought about breaking it until a week or so ago. I knew it was very possible to exceed the 903 but I was not sure how many more miles I would add to my new personal best but I was willing and able to keep riding and so I did just that - I rode and rode some more. I finished the month with - drum roll please............1103.81 miles:) I'm just so amazed and the best part is I enjoyed every mile I logged. So July 2007 was a great month for me on my bike - a personal best for miles for the month, a personal best for average speed on a century and a personal best for average speed - WOW is all I can say. So I'm going to pat myself on the back and enjoy my accomplishments. It was great to end my awful summer vacation on such a high note - just proves there is a silver lining in every gray cloud.
