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[ornoth_cycling]

Finally got back into things in a serious way this week, putting in my first 125-mile week since last year's PMC Ride in August. Rides included two trips to Malden and back (in the same day, because I forgot to bring Jeanie's keys with me), once out the Minuteman Trail to Bedford, once up the Charles River trail to Waltham, and once down the new (and enjoyable, IMO) Neponset River trail down to Mattapan, then back via the Southwest Corridor. The highlight of the week was getting a yellowjacket in my jersey and being stung twice in the side. It wasn't until I got home and took off my jersey that the little bugger emerged to fly around the house, but I tracked him down and smushed him good for what he'd done to me. With only five weeks to go until the ride, fundraising is going incredibly slowly, and I haven't even raised $300 yet (at this time last year I was up to $835)!