Well, April turned out to be a heckuva month for me, cycling-wise, with 650 miles in the saddle, bringing me to over 1500 for the year, way ahead of goal.

In fact, April was my biggest month ever, which I find incredible, since the weather was intermittently crappy, with wind, rain, and cold all being factors.

But I managed to ride 21 times in April. Here are a few highlights:

  • On April 2nd, I rode twice in one day, first on a group ride in the morning, then a solo ride in the afternoon, for about 54 miles.

  • On what felt like the First Day of Spring, a rare day that was both sunny and calm (but still rather chilly), I rode from my house to meet a friend, we did a 40-mile ride together, then I rode home, giving me 63 miles for the day.

  • I rode a circuit around Hillsdale Lake with a friend on April 5th, at what was for me, a very fast clip — 15.2 MPH over 55 miles, my fastest ride ever at that distance.

  • On April 19th I rode the long route of the local bike club’s Spring Classic, getting in 72 miles, and finishing strong on a cool and blustery day.

  • I rode a number of short gravel road rides on my new mountain bike, and even a bit of singletrack. (No, I haven’t written about this new bike yet, but I will.) Suffice to say for now that I’m still getting acclimated to it, and 30 or so s-l-o-w miles is about my limit at this point.

I don’t expect May to be quite as heavy as April, but I didn’t expect April to be as big as it turned out to be, so you never know!