I'm not much of a ball and stick fan. But I DO love my Brewers when they play an afternoon game on WTMJ Radio. See, that means I have about an hour's worth of prep to do instead of the usual workload of three hours. THAT translates to a bigger window to ride in, as long as the weather is OK.

I headed out for an LSD ride today. Again, LSD=Longer-Steady-Distance. For me, anything longer than my usual 27-mile route can be an LSD ride. It's not about speed. It's not about intervals. It's not about climbing. It's all about saddle time and miles.

Today I would head out on my Franklin loop in the usual direction, taking me past the House of Correction first, where I like to hum "I'm Free" by The Who in my head as I pass there for some reason.

I'm also hereby re-naming this ride from the Franklin Loop to "Three Bridges."

That new MUP section in Franklin that I end up on is really quite pretty. You can relax and enjoy it too, since you are afterall on a MUP and there is pedestrian traffic in there at times. But that's OK...remember, this is just LSD today. And in this feature part of this ride there are three wooden bridges that rattle you like Paris-Roubaix. There's long bridge, short bridge and double bridge, where you go over two of them with a patch of cement in-between.

Again, with the snotted up nose. I broke my own rule too by going with bare legs when I left at 54 degrees. But with some sun out I figured the temp would come to me on the ride. It did, ending up at 62, but still, my legs had that nice pink shade to them by the time I got back. Someday it will actually warm up here. But today was not that day...not with the wind coming off Lake Michigan at this time of year.

On the way home some dude with winter riding pants and a backpack on came blazing past me. Ooooo, I had everything I could do not to jump on his wheel and let him inflict some pain on me. I didn't though. I told myself to stick to the plan. This was an LSD ride, and I was already getting a little tired at this point.

Overall, two good days of rides are in the book. Storms are forecast for Friday, and lake duty calls over the weekend, so no rides are planned at this time.

I am an idiot. What does MUP stand for?:-(
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HA! NOT AT ALL....MY BAD....SOMETIMES I ASSUME...

MUP=MULTIPLE USE PATH

Actually, I was wondering that myself. I didn't know either. I thought it was the name of the route in the parkway as just MUP LOL

I assume no MOTORIZED vehicles. But walking biking, roller blading, running I suppose it's for?
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YUP...ALL THE HAZARDS ARE THERE. BUT YOU KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME AND EXPECT TO SLOW UP IF NEEDED. IT IS WHAT IT IS...

Only one day later and you already broke your promise from April 30 when you wrote:

"So my fun will come from catching, passing, or being passed by someone then grabing their wheel on this route. I figure I will let no opportunity go by, unless I am simply on a recovery ride."

btw I agree - I love the new 3 bridge section of the MUP!

Pat :)
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OH PAT....
NOTE THE 'UNLESS' PORTION OF THAT QUOTE YOU POSTED!

I WAS ON AN LSD MISSION.
NOW, MONDAY OR TUESDAY IF THAT HAPPENS...I'LL GO FOR IT AND WRITE ALL ABOUT IT HERE!