Yeah!

Got the bike back, and managed to slip away at sunset for a quck 7 mile (twice around the Prospect Park loop) ride at high-power. It's a good ride, nice up and down movement and a good range for my fixed gear. The steep uphill in the northeast corner is right in the red zone for what's possible, a little strength training.

I think I can get up to doing 5 circuits in about 45 minutes (avg: 23mph). This is going to make a really great semi-daily practice.

I was doing something similar the summer the Dean Campaign took off and MFA was being born -- subletting from the LandeMan out in Brokeland, nursing some heartache. I used to take this giant (like, 50") heavy (like, made out of iron) 1970s Schwinn I got at the Ashby flea market up to the top of Grizzly Peak. That was a hell of a climb, and one rip of a trip down. When I moved over to SF I used to make assaults on Twin Peaks, but that was unfortunately less of a regular thing.

Physical exertion helps my brain work right.