Can riding your bicycle be a labor of love?

Monday is usually off-bikes day. But today is a day off from work, and Cycle September is on. So I went for a ride. It will help my team!

After having put in 37.5 miles yesterday, I tried to take it easy, which wasn’t all that easy. The breeze was from the Northeast,  which meant a headwind on the way home. It was blowing at 9 mph; not all that strong per se, but that’s enough for me to feel it, particularly when I’m trying to go easy!

A 9 mph wind is nothing to that hurricane. Dorian’s max sustained winds have dropped to 155 mph since last night, but he’s still one mean storm. To make things worse, he’s now almost stationary. What movement there is, is still westward.

After I got  home from my jaunt on the road bike, I took the hybrid for a ride to the ATM. Luckily those machines don’t take holidays, and I thought it would be wise to get a little extra cash, in case things come to the worst with that hurricane. Let’s hope that Dorian won’t be a second Labor Day Hurricane. He’s bad enough now! Eerily, Labor Day in 1935 was on September 2.

I tried something new before this morning’s ride: Bob’s Red Mill Muesli Cup. I got it on sale day before yesterday, and I hope I find it on sale again soon.

In the meantime, I’ll put in some more miles for Cycle September — as a labor of love.