Our local groundhog has made his prognostication: six more weeks of winter. Despite a forecast for patchy, dense fog, it was bright and sunny when I went out riding at around 7:45 am.

It won’t last, though. By tomorrow afternoon, it’s likely to be raining. Tomorrow night, we could get heavy rain and even T-storms. As for temperature, it’s in the 60s right now; so at the moment, it doesn’t seem like the groundhog’s prognostication was correct.

As of yesterday, the forecast for Sunday predicted winds of 10-15 mph; while saying the wind today would be about 3 mph. So I did a long ride this morning; well over 19 miles. That’s the farthest I’ve ridden since before the bunion surgery; and it’s good to get my mileage up again.

This time I took ride food: a FitCrunch Bar that I found in the grab-bag bins at the salvage store. I though that a ride of nearly 20 miles would require electrolyte drink, even in cool weather; so I used my Camel-Bak for water, and took along Biosteel White Freeze in a bottle.

Today I was quite squirrely, especially on the way back home: I was having a hard time holding a straight line. Maybe I was getting tired; possibly my (rather weak) core was to blame.

Whichever it was, I’m glad I got in some miles today. Even if the groundhog’s prognostication is accurate; and we get more intensely cold weather; I want to get back to my regular mileage!