One of the things I wanted to do this year was actually take vacation days during the year rather than save them up until December, forcing me to take half the month off in order to use up the days. I figured that since I'm doing all this exercise, these days off could be put to good use for long exercise sessions that I would not have otherwise been able to get in.
So today I took the day off from work, and got another good length bike ride in. I didn't want to wait until tomorrow, as I found last week after my bike ride that I was still recovering to some degree the following day. Not a big deal when the following days run is only 5 miles, but this weekends run is 15. Big difference.
In an attempt to find another good bike route, I decided to head north today towards the Chelmsford area. There is a place called Kimball's farm in that area that has malted moo crunch ice cream - which is only the absolute best ice cream ever. A quick look on mapquest showed that it is about 23 miles from the house. Since I was getting a little bit of a later start (around 2 pm), a total of 46 miles would be a good distance.
Once I got to Kimballs, I met up with a friend who lives in the area who usually works from home on Fridays. We chatted for about 45 minutes before I started heading back. While it was a decent enough ride, I was a little disappointed because it was a little too traffic heavy for my taste. I'd really like to find some nice wide shouldered country roads in this area, but I fear that E Mass offers no such luxuries. I may try that route again some weekend when the traffic is maybe a bit lighter.
Total Distance: 46 miles
Total Cycling Time: 3:02:47 (does not include 40 min @ Kimballs and about 8 min @ CVS to pick up water)
Avg HR: 153
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