38/365: Night Ride Anyone?

I'm refusing to give in to the time change and relinquish myself to the trainer. I've ridden more after dark these last three weeks than I have the entire time I've ridden a bicycle. It still thrills and frightens me a bit when I realize that the sun has completely set and I'm on a road only lit by the passing cars. I've become a lot more aware of what lighting is on the roads and where it's good. Tonight's route was familiar, but completely new all at the same time. It incorporated roads I've ridden countless times, but this was the first time I've tackled them at night. I had company, which made it a lot less threatening, but still gave me the exhilarating rush that I was doing something I really wasn't supposed to do. I know that the road and weather conditions will eventually sentence me to the basement, but for now I'm enjoying my transgression of the time change.

9/365: Darkness Setting In

0 I was able to get an 80 minute ride in after work last night, but I don't know how much longer my luck will hold. I was home by 6:30, but this was my view as I cruised down the street.

I haven't done much riding at night. I've probably ridden at 4AM eight to ten times since I started racing, but there is no one on the road at that hour, and I keep my route confined to well lit subdivisions. I'm going to do the Team Rev Halloween Night ride next week, and probably try to do a few more of the Rev night rides. They will go through the City where street lights abound compared to my country roads. All I know is that it's better than the trainer.