Great Day to Fly a Kite

The brisk north winds were most intense this afternoon for my ritual Lansing after-work constitutional. Sometimes I can rationalize facing headwinds on the uphill by thinking that the impact is minimized by slower speeds and the fact that winds are tougher on the flats than on the hills in general. Not today. It was fairly brutal out there, the ride from Terpening Corners to Gulf Rd. was really dragging me down. But the good thing about facing a brisk wind head-on is the payback on the return trip, and today's tailwind was world-class! There's nothing like being pushed up hills by an invisible force.

31 miles for the day...this week has nightime temps around freezing most days and daytime highs in the high 50s and low 60s, so I won't be ditching the jacket and gloves for a while yet.