Today I had Sunday on Thursday; namely, I did a long ride today. The hour-by-hour forecast shows rain tomorrow; and in fact, there’s a chance of rain every day for the next three or four days. Yesterday I rode less than 9 miles, so I wanted to get in some extra distance today.

The weather was pretty good, although the wind was pesky. Nothing new there! Since I was aiming for distance, I kept to a pretty casual pace most of the time.

A longer ride means fuel, of course; and I thought of Gatorade Whey Protein Bars. One of those did the trick. I like them; especially Chocolate Caramel. Gatorade Whey Protein Bars are sweet; but not too sweet. They’re easy to chew; and when the temperature is in the upper 60s-low 70s, the chocolate coating doesn’t melt. At least, it didn’t today; but the sky was mostly cloudy. If it had been sunny, I might have a different story to tell.

Sunday on Thursday is an odd feeling. Maybe I had better get used to it; because I want to start doing longer weekday rides. Or will, after I’m healed from the lapiplasty. At the clinic, they said I may return to normal activities as tolerated within a day or two; but it’s occurred to me that I might not be able to tolerate shoes of any kind for a while.  The surgical “shoe”, I expect, won’t be sturdy enough for pedaling.

I’ll see how it goes. Maybe by early 2024 I’ll have Sunday on Monday; Sunday on Tuesday; etcetera.