Rode my bicycle to Downtown Miami and back!

So for a while I've been promising myself to go on a bicycle ride to Downtown Miami and back when the weather gets cooler and a day without rain is predicted. Today was the day! So I said "what the heck" and did it!

I rode from around SW 137th avenue all the way to Bayfront Park. That's about 15 miles each way "as the crow flies", but due to the nature of the city I had to take lots of side streets and such, so the total trip distance ended up being 40.44 miles.

I stopped at a downtown Subway and had a roast beef sub before returning. Overall it was a rewarding experience to get to Bayfront Park and back under my own power. Of course, 40 miles is nothing to an experienced cyclist, but I'm far from that; I'm a computer geek who has this unusual (for a geek) urge to go outside sometimes!

Stats:

Total distance: 40.44 miles

Average speed: 12.0MPH

Maximum speed: 26MPH (down a hill, so it was sorta cheating ;) )

Total time in motion: 3h:23m:10s

Best part of the trip: Subway. Food feels so good when you're exhausted.

Worst part of trip: Inconsiderate motorists.

Biggest complaint: "Bike path" appears to not be in the vocabulary of Miami-Dade city planners.

Random tidbit: Cute kitty sleeping in the window of an apartment across the street from Subway. Grey and white with some tabby-ness. Yes, I'm hopeless!

Will I do it again: Maybe. Legs still hurt like hell!