Bicycling in Bloomington

After the 58 mile ride on Wednesday, I rested yesterday. I didn’t ride but I took a long walk and I biked to work. I guess it qualifies as a rest day. Today was a recovery day. I took an easy Old 446 ride and biked to work. The distinction between rest and recovery is not clear.  

To me, rest days are days off the bike. Recovery days are on the bike but little effort. I much prefer recovery days because I enjoy the time on the bike. Rest days are needed when I’m tired but I miss the time spent on the bike. I am in no way addicted to riding. I am off the bike for long periods for a variety of reasons. But, when the weather is nice and I have the time, I often regret that I need a rest day. 

Today had some unusual weather – patchy fog. However, the patches were no more than 100 yards long. In the fog, my sunglasses got wet; in the sun, I needed them. And both could happen in a 1/4 mile.

Today was also unusual for the traffic – much heavier. In fact, I had to make a jug-handle turn from 446 to Moore’s Pike (right, u-turn, and cross the road). I’m usually willing to take the appropriate position on the road to make left turns but the heavy stream kept me from finding a place to get to the left side of the lane.   

Overall, it was nice to have a morning ride.