Spring is here ... Yay Spring, Redux

Well, it looks like spring has finally appeared in the city (again). Although, this time it looks like it will be sticking around for a while. After last weekends Nor'easter, the city had dried out and we had a beautiful springtime weekend. This Saturday's GTS (group training session) was a bike ride. I finally got to put my new bike through its paces. I did a couple of 5 mile loops in the park along with 30 minutes of riding the lower loop. With the warmer weather it appears that everyone else has the same idea.



The weather is too nice to stay indoors and the park is a great place to enjoy the spring time. Of course, that makes riding a bike in the park much more interesting. Think about frogger times ten. The main problem is when there's a collision, the bicyclist is probably more likely to be the one getting injured than the person not paying attention as they stroll absent-mindedly into the road. Thankfully, no frogs, bicyclists, or pedestrians were injured in yesterdays training session.

Today was just as nice a day. Happy Earth Day if anyone is keeping track. As part of earth day the care for the parks run was held, which is a benefit race for the NY Parks Foundation. This was a 4 mile race and while I didn't feel as strong the last 10k I ran, I think that may have to do with being sick for the past week. However, I did finish in about 38 minutes, which was within my goal of sub 40 minutes. The other option is that I got too much sleep and not enough alcohol the night before. Still may need to experiment with these theories.