Incongruity is what I call it when the music that starts running through my head as I ride does not match how I\’m riding.

I had thought of doing force work this morning. After my warm-up mile, when I opened up the throttle, I found that I was riding 15 mph quite easily! For much of my ride, I worked to stick with that; it\’s only too rarely that I get to enjoy it.

So there I was, pedaling along at 14-15 mph, with a cadence around 80. And what starts playing itself inside my brain? The very lyrical second movement of Beethoven\’s Sixth Symphony!

You might well ask why. I wonder, myself. Maybe it was the quiet; and the growing daylight; the lack of wind for once; the patches of mist on the ground. You can add the sighting of a rabbit, too, and hearing the birdsong.

I\’m glad I got to enjoy the halcyon weather this morning; there\’s a chance of T-storms later in the day. For a fact it\’s so humid that my helmet had a film of moisture on it when I got back home.

There\’s incongruity in my cycling life in other ways, too. I\’ve still got heavy Winter gloves lying around. I\’ll wear cycling socks that have my bike shop\’s logo on them, and cover up said logo with reflective ankle bands. I have MTB-style pedals on my road bike! Purists would probably be horrified.

OK, so they\’re shocked; that\’s their problem. My problem now is, I have to end this blog and get ready to work.