Recovery Ride?

Tonight was supposed to be a recovery ride. Brian and I have both (i think) been enjoying doing new loops that I plan out around town. We are riding a lot of the same sections of roads that we have ridden before but in different orders and different directions. Today worked out well because the beginning of the ride was almost all in the shade: wonderfully cool shade. We ended up doing 22 miles with an average of about 16 mph, definately a recovery pace, but this had lots of hills in it. The fresh loops are where it's at right now and we are having a good time. It was also good to burn off some of the cookie calories that I consumed today.