I didn't ride yesterday, went on a 3 mile walk with DH. I feel really badly for him, watching me ride while he heals, soI'm trying not be gone all day riding on the weekends, although I was for the last 3 weeks, at least one day. This morning I went out for a 15 mile "2 hill" ride, that I usually do before work. My legs were actually kind of sore from walking! Anyway, it's cool and damp out today, was 60 when I left, so I had my arm warmers and vest on, which I did need going down the hill for the first 1.5 miles. It started sprinkling as I was turning onto the street with the other hill in town. Normally, I would have taken the arm warmers off then, but I was worried I might get wet. The rain stayed at the sprinkle level, though. As I was riding through town, for the second part of the ride, I almost turned toward home, but instead, I stopped, took the arm warmers off, and ate a bite of my Lara Bar, which resulted in feeling better. After that, I had a PR on a hill heading back into town (not a big one), and it started raining lightly, so I took the most direct route home, climbing the steeper side of my street for only the second time this year.
My average was really low, but the 2 bigger hills, combined with not having had coffee contributed, I am sure.
Both DH and I have realized how much time in our lives we spend cycling, as a result of his injury. A lot of women I know, mostly from the gym, go out and do their riding early in the AM on the weekends, and then go on with the rest of their lives. For us, riding *is* the rest of our lives. I much prefer it this way. Before I started riding, DH would go out and ride, I would go to the gym, and then we would go shopping or do stuff with the kids, although they were already on their way out when I started riding. Anyway, I should get to 2K miles by Labor Day, it would be earlier, but I will be away for 5 days this month, so I'm giving myself an extra week. Since I only rode 2,000 all of last season, I definitely will will get to 2,500, which is my minimum goal, with 3K being what I really want.