Breakthrough ride...

Did you ever have a breakthrough ride?  That's not an official cycling term, as far as I know.  But, I'm using it because it totally applies to what I did.  


I headed out last evening, planning on doing just 10 miles.  But, I couldn't stop myself.  It felt so good and I was riding so strong and with such confidence.  I was hitting and maintaining 19 mph.  I was riding in bike lanes on streets that I had never felt up to doing before.  I felt good and there was no way I was going to stop unless something stopped me.  On the other side of town, I took out my little lights and popped them on the bike.  The sun was going down and I was still in no rush to get home.  I meandered my way around as I headed back.  Eventually, I returned to my neighborhood but I wanted to top it off at an even 25 miles so I circled around a few times.  I only stopped when I heard my phone ringing in my fanny pack.  That's when I pulled under a light pole and saw that I'd done 25.5 miles.  It was so dark out I couldn't see the computer.  It had become the kind of pitch black where you can't see the pavement in front of your wheel.  Not good.  So, I cruised across the neighborhood and came inside.  Then I had to explain to the hubby why he'd been waiting for me for so long to watch a movie together.  ;-D