多摩川

Tokyo has been drenched with four consecutive days of morning rain, preventing me from hitting the tarmac since last week Thursday. Finally this morning I was able to hit the streets for a morning meditative ride.

I was unable to ride on Wednesday due to early morning meetings preventing me from hitting the road. Knowing I had an 8am meeting on Thursday morning, I was determined to ride, even if it meant postponing breakfast until after the early call.

Unlike yesterday, when the weather was not the most cooperative for cycling, today was absolutely intolerable. Even before departing I was suspicious of today's ride, but pressed on, hoping the strong winds outside my house were not indicative of what I would find along the river.

Post-typhoon weather is usually really beautiful. This morning was no departure; the sky was lovely shades of blue, and the sunrise was absolutely stunning. Today was the perfect day to take to just soak in all nature was offering.

After a short two-day unexpected absence I made a return to the tarmac, feeling refreshed thanks to catching up on much needed sleep. When my alarm shook me from a deep slumber, I immediately jumped out of bed, completed pre-ride prep, and headed upstream along my normal daily cycling route.

The week started off with a marvelous Monday morning metric half century, where I set a personal record for the upstream segment. Today I continued that trend, riding another 50k but in much milder conditions compared to yesterday.

Despite getting my first COVID-10 Pfizer jab yesterday and being told not to do any overly strenuous exercise, I woke up at 4am feeling exceptionally motivated. I jumped out of bed, ready to pounce on Red Chameleon and get some much needed vigorous work on the tarmac.

The last two days I was unable to ride for various reason, but this morning I was determined to get out on the tarmac for some exercise. I could feel my body yearning to sweat and burn some calories while taking in the fresh morning air along the Tamagawa.