Tomorrow’s Tantalus day, but I had the insatiable urge to get out on the bike today. I took an easy spin and did my normal training circuit. On Kahekili, there was an acrid, phenolic smell like burning televisions (if your TV ever caught on fire, you’ll know what this smell is like). I caught up to the smell at a traffic light – it was a Daimler Sprinter van. There was smoke coming out from the engine compartment, in particular from a tubular structure on the underside on the driver’s side just forward of the front wheels. Wonder what was going on… I saw smiley security guard for the first time since I’ve been riding afternoons again after the winter hiatus. I kept the effort level low to avoid burning out my legs so I can still ride tomorrow. Hopefully I managed this. The weather was fair, but the mixed cloud cover when I started closed in toward twilight, and a hint of a drizzle ushered me home. There was no agenda, so it was relaxing and just felt good.
D = 12.17 km (7.56-miles), Vavr = 17.4 km/h (10.8-mph), Vmax = 38.0 km/h (23.6-mph), T = 42-minutes
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