{"id":573894775,"date":"2022-09-16T21:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T01:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894775"},"modified":"2022-09-17T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T23:00:59","slug":"ridin-into-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/ridin-into-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridin’ into the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the night shift spiders was happy to show off his work in the yard this morning. May you catch many insects, spider. And stay outside, why don’t ya?<\/p>\n

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I rode in early enough this morning to enjoy the long shadows. Right after this I tried my new game, to see how far I could coast without turning a pedal.<\/p>\n

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I made it one mile after which, with two of the softest pedal strokes ever recorded, I made it to the next little place I could glide. This is possible because, depending on which map you prefer, that mile is a descent of 87 or 79 feet. You also have to go through three stop sign-controlled intersections, over a bike lane that students walk in and around both foot and car traffic. <\/p>\n

Meaning, if I didn’t have to worry about all of that I could do the last tenth of a mile while coasting. Meaning I could do 22 percent of this bike commute without turning a pedal. <\/p>\n

Meaning I’m going to try this one day when no one is around, I guess. <\/p>\n

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After work — which featured the traditional studio time, punctuated by meetings and other meetings and then some spontaneous meetings — I celebrated the weekend, with a bike ride out to the lake to see The Yankee swim. It was a surprise! We were all surprised.<\/p>\n

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Her and her swimming friends came in just a few minutes later. We had a discussion about which of the two routes had the easiest climb away from the lake. Everyone there was a cyclist, so it led to a discussion about steepness and duration. <\/p>\n

The way I came, the consensus opinion emerged, was longer, the other route was steeper. <\/p>\n

Well, turns out they are about the same, because both roads away from the lake are routes up the same hill. So I chose the second route, because we all agreed that maybe it was easier and, besides, I couldn’t really remember the last time I went that way. <\/p>\n

Before that climb started, though, I impulsively called an audible and took a right turn. I knew where that road headed. I haven’t been up this road since 2020, and it, of course, was the longest, hardest climb available to me. Precisely what I was trying to avoid. <\/p>\n

But I set two PRs as I inched up the spine of that hill, and that impulsive decision let me add on a few more fun miles to the day. <\/p>\n

Which was a lovely thought right about here … <\/p>\n

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Which is also where I remembered that my lovely bride said something about another bike ride tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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