- easy walk with dogs = 2.5 miles
- group bike ride = 20.73 miles; time = 1:35:34; pace @ 13 mph
So much for doing any cycling for the rest of the week. I went on a ride with a meetup group. After a few miles into the ride, I crashed into another ride. It wasn't that bad as we both got away with minor injuries. She got mostly bruises, I think, while I have a scraped elbow, a scraped area on the back of my knee and some bruises. She landed in the grass while I landed in the street which was why she only got away with bruising only and I have a few scraps. It could have been worse like getting broken bones from the same crash or getting hit by a car. And then just my luck, I got three flat tires. On the last flat, one of the other riders just picked me up in his car...the ride is normally 23 miles. My bike still has a flat tire. Since my bike group was the one who changed the flat, I think it was put on wrong. I can fix it by taking it apart and putting it back on correctly, but I don't have a spare and I've already learned my lesson not to ride without a spare. I have already gotten so many flats from just this year alone that I can't risk getting a flat somewhere, especially between work and my car/home and being completely stranded because I can't go anywhere. So I won't be riding for a few days until I get a new inner tube as a spare. My legs are also pretty banged up so I probably shouldn't be riding anyway. The good thing is that my legs still work because I need my legs to do a 10k in October and a half marathon in December and training starts at the end of August!
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