Dedication ride

I really had no business being out there at all in these weather conditions:

Wind advisory, to 40-45 mph out of NE
48 degrees, wind chill in the 30's
Clouds
20 miles NB Trail

And I had no plans to ride today until I received a Sunday-morning email from some friends telling me about a ceremony they had Saturday night for a mutual friend lost to cancer too soon.

And something I had written, along with my Livestrong yellow bracelet was involved in the ceremony as it turns out. Part of the ceremony was to mark what would have been her birthday today. There's more to it than that, and I was ready to write up an emotional post about an emotional ride today. But I think I will just leave it at that...with a dedication ride on a day with such horrible weather conditions that I would have never even attempted it without the dedication.

Season Miles: 646