In recent weeks, I haven't been on my road bike (AKA "the most beautiful road bike in the City of Williamsburg and the Counties of James City and York"):



That's because, in the early mornings of recent weeks, the temperature has been in the 30s -- which I think is too cold for me since my lung disease -- and/or it's been rainy. And then, darkness comes so early in the afternoon that I've been getting home after dark. But today: hallelujah! This morning the temperature was 42 degrees and the roads were dry. So I went out for about 16 miles! It felt awfully good!

My goal for this year was to ride 2,500 miles on the road bike. That would have put me at about 3,000 total miles for the year. (That grand total would include miles on my commuting bike, AKA "the most beautiful commuting bike in the City of Williamsburg and the Counties of James City and York"):



But, being away for a month during my sabbatical, and losing the miles in recent weeks, I'm not going to be able to get to 3,000. I figure I'll be at about 2,700 miles by December 31.

That's not bad!