Yesterday afternoon, I took off on the F5, and rode 30 miles. It was my first outdoor ride since December 23rd. My left knee is still hurting, so I just did my closer to home flatter route. I got in nine online rides in February, for a total of just 200 miles. I ended up being off the bike for three weeks because of my pneumonia. I stuck with the nice flat Cozumel online route for all the virtual rides.

Pneumonia and my knee weren’t the only things that made it hard for me to get in my miles in February. On February 14th, one day before my 36th wedding anniversary, my wife passed away. She’d had more than her share of health issues the past few years, but this was still sudden and unexpected. I am now a widower, and there were so many things to handle the last half of the month. I’m hoping for a better mileage month in March. I’m planning on another outdoor ride this afternoon, but rain is coming, followed by colder weather, so I’ll likely be back on the Xstream, doing indoor rides, soon.

Yesterday’s 30 mile route.