I did a sunrise ride this morning... sunrise was 5:27AM... but it's already light enough out at 5:15 to start riding. It's a beautiful time of day to ride, it's so peaceful, very little traffic and all you see out there are runners, walker's and a few other cyclists. I decided to do a loop ride to City Island... going through Mt. Vernon, Pelham and New Rochelle before hitting the Northern tip of the Bronx and out to the very end of City Island.
I stopped there for a few minutes to look out at the spot where my brothers ashes were placed into the water at one of his favorite fishing spots about 12 years ago. Then I headed back home going through the Bronx and back into Yonkers and home.
I made a stupid rookie mistake after my first rest stop... I had turned off the timer on my GPS for my break and I never turned it back on when I re-started my ride... the unit reminds me to turn it on at the beginning of a ride, but apparently not after a rest break. So I had to use maps to estimate my mileage, time, and average speed... I'm not even gonna try and estimate my ascent totals, even though the GPS sent me up some daunting hills... I'll have to do the same ride again some time.
See y'all tomorrow, enjoy your day.
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