The Joliet Bicycle Club has a 4th of July bike ride every year. I haven't been able to do one for some time. Last Friday I decided to do it. I have been very much behind in my riding this year due to bad weather and equipment problems. However, I felt this year was the time to get back to doing these sponsored rides. It is called a Metric ride because they offer riders to go 100k (62 miles). That is what I should be doing about now. They also offered 30 and 45 miles. I was planning on going 30 and seeing how things go to try for 45. I had a stretch into the wind where I was thinking "30 miles" until I rode by a rider with this on the back of their t-shirt: "Challenge Yourself". That motivated me, believe it or not. I mean, that is how we get better, isn't it? We push just a bit beyond where we are comfortable and our performance improves. So I decided to "go for it". Not only did I make it (the distance was really 47 miles) but I tabbed my best average speed of the year to date: 17 mph.
Victory.
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