A Good Week

Tuesday night I was able to get out for a quick ride. I only had about 1:45 of daylight left so I rode out through Westford and into Carlisle. Beautiful roads and pretty quiet. It is amazing how many bikes I see on each ride. I don't know if they were always there and I only notice now because I am on a bike as well. After Carlisle, I rode down Monument Street into Concord. It may be the nicest road in Corcord. Big farms and nice woods. From Monument, I rode by the Old North Bridge and headed home. I didn't bring my camera so of course I rode over the apple orchard on Nagog Hill and saw an amazing sunset. At the same time, the sky started spitting on me. I was a bit afraid of another thunder shower so I hustled straight home. The loop was 25 miles and I averaged 16.5 MPH.

Thursday I finally tried riding into work. I figured it would be a quiet day on the roads so I thought this would be my best chance. The ride in was great. I left home at 5:50 and worked my way to the Minuteman Rail Trail via Westford, Carlisle, and Concord. Once on the MRT I rode into the Alewife T Station. The trail is excellent but there are many many road crossings that you have to stop for. I got to the gym in Watertown around 7:30. The ride was about 26 miles. It was great to have that mileage covered before work. Since it was the day before the 4th we got out a little early. I was back on my bike at 3:30. I decided to go home via Belmont, and Lincoln. The roads out there are not very 'rider friendly'. The shoulders are almost non existent and there was a lot of traffic. There were also a lot more hills. The highlight of the ride was in Lincoln. I was cutting through a side road when a deer popped up. He was only 10 yards off the road. He took off across a field and disappeared into the woods. Watching a deer run like that is truly an amazing sight. I pulled into the driveway at about 5:15. It was a little longer and much hillier going home. It was 28.5 miles and I averaged 16.3 mph. A total of 53.5 for the day.