RACE IN THE NIGHT
Grab my bike and turn on my light
Cranking away in the desert night
The chilly air permeates flesh to bone
Can't see the other, but I'm not alone 
Traversing the glorious desert land
Chaparral, piñon, red rock and sand
Over steep hills and obstacles I creep
"And Miles to Go Before I Sleep." * 
Cresting the hill I see faint light
Muscles churning with lactate might
Now for my breath I must gasp
City in the desert, home at last.
(*thanks to Robert Frost)