Filed under: Openings > Spring is Sprung

All winter long I biked to work, even when it was 12 degrees...brrrrrrrrr. I saw no one, that is to say, I was the only one out there riding my bike (in shorts...its my claim to fame)...and the only one using the dirt path through Van Cortlandt Park. Well almost the only one. Every morning, as I was going south through the park, there was a guy going north, walking. He never seemed to be in a rush, but he didn't look like a homeless person. Dressed fairly well, not too old. I've always wondered about this guy. But in any case, today as I picked up the bike path in Yonkers, lo and behold! there was another guy on a bike just barely ahead of me. A race! I love a race. And I hauled ass after him until I was ready to drop. Luckily he didn't know we were racing or I would have been left far behind...he looked like he was in a kind of leisurely mood. He was on a road bike and I ride a hybrid, so that is my excuse for not catching him. But the point is, he was like the Groundhog or the first Robin...a harbinger of spring. I guess the 70 degree weather really inspired people, because when I returned home at night the bike path was swarming with people, walking, biking, running and roller blading.