Today was a MUCH better ride. As I hoped, I left significantly earlier in the day (a little before 8:00). As one might expect, riding in 80 degrees is far preferable to riding in 100 degrees. I went about a quarter mile farther (5.3+ miles) and more than a minute faster (19:50) than I did yesterday. The hills felt about the same, but I was able to go faster over them, which sucked at the time, but feels good now.
Perhaps the best part of the ride was that I managed to break a true sweat, unlike yesterday.... Yesterday, I broke a sweat just by walking outside and staying there for more than 15 seconds. Today, I had a mild sweat for a majority of the ride, about 18 minutes in, my body started to really burn the calories. Unfortunately, it was there at the end, instead of a halfway through or something like that. Alas, I am on limited time today as I must leave soon to head down to Raleigh, NC for personal business.
Now for just a quick note on the area. I must admit that the people around here are much nicer than anticipated. They are (so far) very cyclist friendly! I mean seriously, they like wave and say hello and stuff. It's totally awesome to see. Now, I do not know if this is just my excitement of living in a new area, but so far I have no complaints about the locals. Not that I had any complaints about the locals where I was, but they certainly did not go out of their way to wave or greet me.
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