Another day winds down.  The roads clear, the skies are likewise.  It’s like summer has stolen time and wrapped it up with a bow and given it to you.  You have as long as the light lasts, but already the nights are drawing in, and as ever time is fleeting, and before long all this will be just a distant memory.  This evening was such a gift, so I went out and l made sure I enjoyed it.  Even the bits that hurt, which they did.  And especially the bits that didn’t.

I followed two rabbits down the Gorge.  I didn’t want to catch them because I know I do the final wiggly bit slowly and then I’d look like a prat when they caught me again.  Besides there was a car between me and them.  So I didn’t.  But I did pretty much nail it – I think I’m getting the hang of how the wheels handle.  The car that had appeared behind me backed off and let me get on with it, and as I rounded the final corner, came out of the shade, and sprinted off, out of the saddle, past all the shops, there they were, one on either side of the road, having a drink and chatting.  I flew down the road betwixt the pair of ’em, like they were Rodin’s gate, into the setting sun, like a bat out of hell.  It was just one of those moments…  To use a word that is probably de trop already, it was epic *grin*.

Cycling time: 1:33
Distance: 23.7 miles
Avg: 15.2 mph
ODO: 5670.7 miles

Whatever you think of Strava, for me, apart from the occasional instance of insanity, it’s not about competing with y’all, it’s all about seeing how well I’m doing for me.  And it would appear that my form may not be that of previous years, but I am getting better, and I am the best I have been so far this year.  This is good.  And you never know, maybe I’ll get better still? 🙂