"Claire Petersky" <
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> piddy <
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> > .... I rode.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
>
> Hi Piddy!
>
> Did you read that Margaret Wise Brown book, "Home for a
Bunny" when
> you were a kid? I remember it so well: "'Spring, spring,
spring' sang
> the robin. 'Spring, spring, spring' sang the frog. It was
Spring." [Go
> here to find the book yourself:
http://tinyurl.com/85lp]
>
> Spring is here, too, and this is how I know it's true:
>
> o Don't need the thermal underwear any more.
>
> o One day I rode in my short sleeves. Still wearing
tights though --
> when those get shed, it's summer!
>
> o I've moved to the lighter long-finger gloves. When they
finally get
> put away, and all I wear is the fingerless, it's summer!
>
> o Don't need the lights! I can arrive at work at 8:00 AM
without
> them!
>
> o I just started up "training rides" for this summer's
cycling
> events.
>
> Unlike last year, when I did lots of 30-50 mile rides on
the weekends
> through fall and winter, this year I didn't. While my kids
and husband
> I'm sure appreciate seeing me more, and no doubt I'm a
better human
> being for it, oy oy oy! When I did my first training ride
on Sunday, I
> was thoroughly dusted by all the other riders on the
hills. I've now
> made a vow to change my commute so I go up this big
monster hill so I
> get the hill work I've been skipping out on these last few
wet cold
> months.
Went for a good 3 hour MTB ride today, all over Brush Mountain near Blacksburg. Temps around 70,
probably for the rest of the week too. I even called home for a ride so I could stay out in the
woods later, rather than spend time riding home. Can't wait to go again tomorrow!
Matt O.