At 7:52, I started a 23.08 mile bike ride, that lasted 1:34:51 (h:m:s), which puts me at an average speed of 14mph (or about a mile every 4 minutes). I was surprised, because I Google said the ride would take something over 2 hours. I imagined that with street traffic, Google would be right, so I was delighted with the end result. Another surprise was my being able to follow Google's directions from memory without getting significantly lost or having to backtrack from missing a turn.
It was freezing, from beginning to end. When my body finally did warm up internally, it was still surrounded in a shell of wind chill and numbness, that sucked the heat right out. There was an abridged ride home in the evening, who miles I didn't record, that was equally piercing to the core. Riding my bicycle doesn't always give me the free space to think, because I place so much attention to my surroundings, making sure I just finish the ride. The price of speed.
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