I got owlish today. \”Wise as an owl,\” the old saying goes; and sometimes we have to emulate that owl.

Sunday is typically long-ride day, and I was tempted to push for 50 miles. But I did little riding during this past week; and I had a feeling that it would make more sense to do a shorter ride.

So I turned around at a point about 19 miles from home. Maybe that was just as well, because about 4 miles before I got home a spot near my left knee began to feel strained. I had been riding on the small ring, using a rapid cadence; and I figured it was a good idea to slow the cadence. Gotta be owlish sometimes!

I hope to make it to 5000 miles for 2018, road bike plus hybrid. I\’ll need to total about 91 miles per week to meet that goal. It looks like the weather during the coming few days will be better than that of this past week, thank goodness. It feels like November now, not February, which will make it a little easier to get out there and ride.

And who-o-o knows? I just might hear an owl!