The Other and I decided to go for a walk today! It was an amazing day! 76* and sunny with blue skies! We have had the most beautiful, mild autumn. “People” are saying this means winter is going to be a shit storm but whatever, that is for future Jilly to worry about. For now – sunshine!!!
I walked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 1.26mi
time: 41:49
pace: 33:09min/mi
speed: 1.81mi/h.
I don’t like that its getting colder but I do love fall. I love the changing leaves, the smells in the air, the foods. I even do like the colder weather as its an excuse to start a fire and get cozy! Today was a beautiful fall day and the forest is really starting to change. It was perfect riding weather too so The Other and I decided to check out a new path at a different forest preserve. We have been to Lake Carina before but I forgot (or it wasn’t built yet) that it had this awesome dock with benches I could sit on and just gaze over the lake. Very peaceful!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 7.50mi
time: 55:57
pace: 7:28min/mi
speed: 8.04mi/h.
Cloudy fall day but perfect weather for a ride. A little cool but just the right amount for working up a sweat. The Other came with me today and it was fun to ride with someone – especially since I was more in the mood to play video games! I also got to try out my new Bionic Cycling gloves which were pretty amazing. The padding is intense but doesn’t get in the way or make you lose contact with the handlebars. This first ride I was getting used to them but I look forward to future rides where I can really see how they perform.
Fun fact – title quote is from John F Kennedy!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.69mi
time: 39:41
pace: 5:56min/mi
speed: 10.12mi/h.
The days are getting shorter and it makes me sad. Today the sun was setting at 6:44pm! Just a few weeks ago it was 8:14pm!! Oh well, there are good things about fall – pumpkin pie mostly. Lots of critters on the trail tonight, check out the video for an awesome trash panda sighting!
No ride tonight as the weather wasn’t the greatest (Brent and I actually rode then in a drizzle) and one of the usual riding members was injured. So instead after Brent and I rode to the bike shop we headed right over for Chili!!! I don’t like to ride with a big belly (insert fat joke here) so I got Berries and Cream which was super delicious. But then again I am a woodland fairy so thing like berries and cream and super sweet fruity tea is right up my alley 🙂
I still had a lot of fun but it was a pretty long ride! almost 30 miles! I think its the longest ride I have done this season. Brent was kind enough to lend me his GPS data, which although not perfect is a good indicator of the overall ride. Brent rides farther then me so I think this overstates my ride by 5-7 miles.
Saw 3 skunks tonight, all after the GoPro died. The last one was just me and the skunk on a bridge and it lunged at me – totally thought I was gonna get sprayed with that one!! Also saw lots of frogs (I don’t remember this many last year) and a couple of chipmunks. One even lost his nuts! Other than that we were just being our usual silly selves!
Beautiful Sunday ride with Brent up to a canoe launch. On the way we passed another selfie stop…you know what we had to do! Also finally got a GoPro so expect to be bombarded with videos in the future!
Brent and I went on our usual Thursday group ride but this time we also decided to ride there and back! I believe Brent has done this before and I ride there a few weeks ago before the ride was rained out but this was the first time I did the whole round trip including the group ride!. About 30 miles and I felt pretty great afterwards! Looking forward to next week and I hope to do it again!
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