After 3 weeks of rainy weather, we rode the 45 mile course that my SO will ride October 1st as a "race".

we got on alright, I notice I have improved from 18 kph a year ago when I started this cycling thing to 22 kph; I gave it all I could; I felt ok, however, I was DEAD an hour after coming home. That's what not training for 3 weeks does to you.

Boyfriend ran 20 k for the first time in his life today, so it did not kill him as much as it did me.

Overall it felt wonderful to be out again after the rainy spell. That round is really nice because it is mostly no significant traffic.

I also caught a tick during the biobreak. I had already scratched off the back part during the night, but the head needed minor surgery to pry out. Will be watching for erythema chronicum migrans (bull's eye rash) in case it had borrelia. Those space-alien like critters freak me out.