I rode my bike today for the first time this year. Last year, I couldn't ride my usual 10 miles until the last time I rode in October--I just didn't have the energy. This year, praise God!, I rode 10 miles the first time! Admittedly, it was a perfect day (not too hot/not too cold), the ground was dry and hard (no drag or rolling resistance), and the wind was light (why does Ford City have a head wind no matter which direction you're traveling? I'm not the only one who has noticed this--my friend Scot says the same thing!)
This photo is adorable; this young dad had a baby in the bicycle seat behind him, his little girl beside him on the tiniest bicycle I've ever seen (complete with training wheels), and a dog on a leash. So cute.
4 comments:
Make that 3 people for the wind... I run there often and have noticed the same thing. Once you pass the last factory on your way out, the wind doubles, too. I figure the wind blowing both directions is making me faster...do you think? :)
I'm so happy for you being able to bike the full 10 again!
Thanks! I'm very happy to have finished the 10 miles, and not be exhausted, either. It's amazing because I am so out-of-shape and overweight after treatment and the sadly inactive winter months.
The headwind makes me stronger, that's for sure, but not faster! On the (very!) few occasions when I've actually had a tail wind, I have understood the feeling of "riding like the wind"--it seems almost effortless.
It isn't the wind blowing both directions. That would be physically impossible. The reason it feels like that is because the rails to trails in Ford City goes downhill both ways.
-Bob
Oh, so THAT's it!
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