My favorite speed is . . .

About 18 to 22 mph. Thirty-five mph is too fast for me right now. I don't have near the experience on a bike to be going that fast yet, and slower than 17-18 mph and I feel like I'm dogging it.

I've got an order in to purchase the cadence monitor that hooks up to my Garmin. Then I'll start spending time analyzing staying in the proper cadence zone and I won't worry as much about speed for a little bit.

It was nice to get out anyway. Kristi took the kids down to the Long Beach Aquarium today for my nieces' birthday and she still isn't back yet so I went for a ride. Total was about 14.5 miles in an hour. Some of it was fast and some of it very slow. All of it was fun.

And Mike I did wear all spandex bike clothes. The good thing is I got a material that is almost see through so it actually just looks like I'm riding naked.

Just kidding; I used to ride in my mountain biking shorts with the built in spandex and pad, but on a 20 mile they get very noisy; they're bulky as heck; and the pad isn't as big as my spandex pants. The reason I broke down and got a shirt as well is that bending over on a road bike leaves my back sticking out in all my running shirts, so I opted for the long-in-the-back biking shirt to fight off any chance of plumbers crack.

John must be busy these days. I don't think we've heard from him in weeks. But I can relate. I took a few weeks off from blogging as well. Let's just hope he's not taking the time off from running.

Keep it going guys. Now you've finally got some good weather to get out in. Use it while it lasts.