Last Saturday: MTB on the GW and Roads again - Honestly it was fun - went to Kennedy Park again then meandered my way to Lick Run GW at Countryside Park. Kennedy Park is peaceful with several paved sidewalks that you can ride back and forth (up and down slightly).
Last Sunday: Hiking on Mill Mountain - started on Ivy Road, went up the old road to Big Sunny (Car Trail) to the neighborhood, back down to Crystal Spring Trail - it was fun - the old road was tiring as it's all up hill. Big Sunny was ok except I had forgot what a muddy mess it gets on the one spot under the power line and of course it's a steep little Pitch. I made it carefully! The trail itself weirded me out in a few places which is stupid because I have ridden it hundreds of times. I guess my perspective is much different now. Walking back down through the neighborhood wasn't too bad. My quads tend to not like downhills, but we made it. Crystal Spring is a mostly flat trail so I wandered along it without too many worries. It's a neat place to be when the leaves are gone because you can study the roof and backside of RMH. HA. Enjoyed the hike for sure and will probably go back to do more. I'm afraid of being on some of the other trails as I know how stupid cyclists can be and I can't bail out fast enough if it's the wrong person. Plus I have to watch how and where I step!
This past week was odd: it felt like all I did was work - I know that I did my exercises (not as many as in the past - will do better this week). Yesterday I decided I wanted to do a group ride on Zwift so I could earn a new "kit" - I thought it was going to be 18 miles........um, it ended up being 25 and took me an hour and 41 minutes. I wasn't about to stop, so I just kept pedaling. It was not easy those last 20 minutes or so because the ride ended up on a climb. UGH!!! I can't stand and pedal yet so sitting that long is not fun and tiring. Feeling it today, so yea it's a good thing I don't have a ride planned. Alas, it was good and I will jump in on another group ride soon.
Last Sunday: Hiking on Mill Mountain - started on Ivy Road, went up the old road to Big Sunny (Car Trail) to the neighborhood, back down to Crystal Spring Trail - it was fun - the old road was tiring as it's all up hill. Big Sunny was ok except I had forgot what a muddy mess it gets on the one spot under the power line and of course it's a steep little Pitch. I made it carefully! The trail itself weirded me out in a few places which is stupid because I have ridden it hundreds of times. I guess my perspective is much different now. Walking back down through the neighborhood wasn't too bad. My quads tend to not like downhills, but we made it. Crystal Spring is a mostly flat trail so I wandered along it without too many worries. It's a neat place to be when the leaves are gone because you can study the roof and backside of RMH. HA. Enjoyed the hike for sure and will probably go back to do more. I'm afraid of being on some of the other trails as I know how stupid cyclists can be and I can't bail out fast enough if it's the wrong person. Plus I have to watch how and where I step!This past week was odd: it felt like all I did was work - I know that I did my exercises (not as many as in the past - will do better this week). Yesterday I decided I wanted to do a group ride on Zwift so I could earn a new "kit" - I thought it was going to be 18 miles........um, it ended up being 25 and took me an hour and 41 minutes. I wasn't about to stop, so I just kept pedaling. It was not easy those last 20 minutes or so because the ride ended up on a climb. UGH!!! I can't stand and pedal yet so sitting that long is not fun and tiring. Feeling it today, so yea it's a good thing I don't have a ride planned. Alas, it was good and I will jump in on another group ride soon.
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| Down Ivy |
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| UP the old road |
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| Old Toll Booth, still going up |
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| Onto Big Sunny |
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| It was 56 deg in February!?! |
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| OUCH |
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| Group ride - I'm on the bright green bike. |
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