Bicycling (Street & Trail) 32:30 [3] 6.9 mi (4:43 / mi)
slept:7.75 weight:178.5lbs (injured)
From Rosedale Ave., to BCCHS, to the Georgetown Branch Trail, to Jones Mill Rd. to Beach Dr. to Cedar La., to Rockville Pike via the Elmhirst Trail, to Jones Bridge Rd. to Maryland Ave., to Rosedale Ave. Since Peggy and Max weren't home yet, I anticipated them being at the local high school track. The track is on the way, those days when I walk and stroller Max, to his day care. Max had voiced his idea that he wanted to run around it. This was probably because he'd seen or I'd pointed out others running around it. I intended to meet them there but got there minutes after they had already left.
I decided to make the most of it by extending the ride a bit. I ran into Rich Feliciano and his two sons. Rich was headed to the bike store on Connecticutt Ave. to pick out an new bicycle. His sons were in a double baby jogger and seemed happy enough to wait very patiently and quietly while Rich and I caught up a bit. Rich lamented similar issues to what Peggy and I had encountered in needing more space and not finding enough time to train. Rich also noted that he'd just turned 40 and told me of a knee issue which may require some surgical fixing too. For their house solution, they are meeting with an architect to see what can be done.
The ride was nice. At one point, I caught and passed a tandem on the trail but they took off later once we hit the road. I was feeling good doing about 20mph going down a hill when I started feeling like I was going to pull a muscle in my left thigh. I guess this is from not having moved my leg very fast for a while. I backed off the pace and eventually the feeling went away. The ride was on one of those nice warm summer evenings, after the heat had abated, while there was plenty of sunshine left and it reminded me of previous pleasant runs. My weight is still bouncy; up one pound from yesterday but down a lot from the weekend where swelling from trying to mow too early could have been more of a factor.