With no Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred to train for this year, my summer riding has been different. I’m not doing the long rides I would normally do to get ready for HHH. I have still upped my mileage for the summer like usual, but I’m just doing more short rides, rather than mixing in long Saturday rides, to get that mileage.

I ended up with 500 miles in June. That’s about what I would expect for June, and was enough miles to finally get me back on pace to make my mileage goal for the year, 5200 miles. July was a very different story. I got a serious summer cold early in the month and went 10 days without riding. This was the first summer cold I can recall since I had one in 2007, and in these paranoid times, it was enough to make me go get tested for COVID-19. Thankfully, the test was negative, and by the 20th, I was riding again. I ended up with 450 miles for the month. That’s a lot less than I would expect in July, but was enough to keep me on pace for my mileage goal for the year. All of my rides in June and July were outdoor rides on the F-5.

Yesterday’s last ride of the month route.