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First great bike ride of the season!

sunset from Battery Gardens!

So gorgeous out today, I opted for a bike ride instead of yoga. This means I'm a little behind on my ritual/rhythm feat, but it was so worth it.

I rode over to the west side, down and around and back up the east side. I LOVE this ride, many of which end with a glass of wine at Battery Gardens watching the sun set over the Statue of Liberty. How amazingly New York is that?? So many changes in the landscape and cityscape since I last took this route back in the fall.

Also a lot of noticeable changes in my strength, my endurance and my approach to bike riding.

It only took me an hour, and that included many detours for construction (and a few terrifying moments biking on the highway by accident; must remember to use the esplanade path along the river next time and not the West St. bike path!).

I did a bunch of sprints, whenever I saw a clear stretch ahead of me, I pushed as hard as I could for as long as I could. 

In the past I was definitely a cruising bike rider, but today I was craving the ability to go faster than riding on the city streets would allow. I could almost feel Carl H. hitting my bum and telling me to "Pedal faster, Girl! Faster!"

Awesome day.