Five Cities 2/3 Metric Bike Ride

This morning’s ride was one of the best ever weekday rides in quite some time. At least it was for me!

My individual ride began nearly one hour prior to meeting up with my biking partners, riding around the mall’s huge parking lot at a mere 9.5 mph pace for 7 miles.

Because I never stopped my Garmin GPS when meeting up with my partners in crime, the first seven miles at a sluggish pace is included in the overall 2/3 metric ride, which resulted in a wussy overall pace of 14 mph. The remaining 34 miles, however, was done at something like a 16.3 mph pace. I’m not a mathematician, but I believe those numbers are in the ball park.

Anyhow, six of us then took off from the mall with four of us taking the lead while two others basically lagged behind at a fairly significant distance.

Our route from the mall to the coffee shop was the same basic route that we’ve been following since the invention of the wheel – or so it seemed. The route is boring to us only because we’ve duplicated the ride countless times in the past. For a new rider, though, their description more than likely would be quite the contrary. It's actually a very scenic route.

After sitting on our duffs for 45 minutes at the coffee shop sipping cups of Joe or Gatorade, four of us then took off in the westerly direction just for a change of scenery and to extend the ride beyond the usual.

Like they say, “Variety, or change, is the spice of life!”

The weather was near perfect for a bike ride, with the temperature never going above 80, the sky clear, and the wind coming from a westerly direction between 5 to 7 mph.

In all, we rode through five different cities, Cooper City, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Weston and Southwest Ranches. My favorite area was the ranches just south of Weston.

Near the end of our ride, we drove through CB Smith County Park for a 3.35-mile journey on curvy roads and through a motor home park that is surrounded by tropical lakes and gator-infested marshes. All pets should be kept indoors or on leashes at all times. Bikers proceed at flank speed. LOL

I’m looking forward to more rides like today’s ride, fun, safe and bursting with new scenery.

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