Queens Bike Ride - It Feels Good

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I officially started my 2008 summer biking fitness program yesterday. Some parts of Queens have great Greenways (for instance, a hidden ~2-mile path called the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway that connects Cunningham Park to Alley Pond Park - see map). Despite my wife's pestering I neglected to apply sunblock and when I got back home after 3 hours or so, my skin was tingly red. Still, it felt great coming home exhausted, knees buckling in the elevator. I look forward to a some more adventurous rides out of the city and into the wilderness of Long Island proper. Perhaps finish summer off with that NYC-Boston ride I've been fantasizing about since last fall.