Took a brisk 15 mile or so ride today (I didn’t watch the miles) and worked out some kinks, physically if not mentally.
My goal for now is to keep an eye on cadence and let speed and distance go for now. Keeping it at 85 – 90 strokes a minute seems to work pretty well, though: it seemed to get easier to stay consistently at 90 after I had been out for awhile.
A quick Google search tells me that is 15 miles: I was relying on my memory of riding the Burke Gilman last summer.
My general sense of purpose and worthiness is not much improved, but I’m closer to being too tired to care.