I won't make a habit of posting these milestones, but I surprised myself by hitting 40 miles in a ride today!!!! Not bad for a formerly chubby sloth, eh?

I had gear troubles (couldn't shift to small front gear...) so the hills killed me (even though I was trying to not mash), so Silver did an extra five miles, while I was worn out - particularly driving into a terrible wind.

Our ride was primarily north with wind from the east. As we turned around to go South, we found the wind had shifted and it was head on . That, combined with the gear problem, really killed me. But I averaged about 14.5 mph on a half hilly/half flat route.

I may make the goal of doing the Hilly Hundred yet