My 9/24 bike ride

[smudge ★]

Went to Marquette today to ride the north trails. For some reason I was thinking they are easier than the south trails. Ugh, perhaps not. Actually, I rode 3-4 more miles today than usual; so that probably had something to do with it.

I knew what route I wanted to take, so I headed out. It was a little interesting since I had never gone on a lot of it previously, but it was good. 

On the way back, I knew I had to get on the Penstock trail; so I did. I eventually got there.

Problem was that was down by the river. That meant a lot of climbing to get back up to elevation. It's not a long climb, just mostly UP! I'll be honest, I walked a lot. I was quite a way into my day, so I was getting tired.

I got to the Blue Heron trail, and that was good. Then THAT trail started going up. Ugh, I didn't remember that much up! By the time I was getting to the end of the Blue Heron trail, my ass was really draggin'. I had already eaten my half a Cliff bar, so I started on my Skratch Labs bar. Ginger and miso; cannot recommend it. So I found this for a distraction.

I got to the last half mile of my ride and decided to stay on the gravel road. More uphill!! I ended up walking a little bit. Ugh. I smiled when I saw my truck. I love my truck.

I went to the Y for a shower and then to Vango's for supper.

Now I'm super tired and would like to go to sleep. Thank you for reading. Nighty night.

[bikeman564™]

Hi @smudge when I was in the yoop in July one of my friends went to Marquette (I actually spelled that correct...anywho) the day the rest of us headed south. Not sure what trail he was on but he broke his collar bone? or something He's okay now, recovering and starting to ride again. The bummer for him was he had a mtb race in a few days which he could not do.

[donkpow]

Somebody left their bike along the trail by the creek.

[Digital_photog ★]

Sounds like fun.  You coming to Curtis to ride with me on Thursday afternoon? I'm taking my fat bike along.

[smudge ★]

2 hours ago, bikeman564™ said:

Hi @smudge when I was in the yoop in July one of my friends went to Marquette (I actually spelled that correct...anywho) the day the rest of us headed south. Not sure what trail he was on but he broke his collar bone? or something He's okay now, recovering and starting to ride again. The bummer for him was he had a mtb race in a few days which he could not do.

Oh no. Sorry for your friend. I'll be he was on one of the rocky sections. There are many up there. I was gonna take some pics of some of that stuff yesterday, but I wanted to just keep going. I walk some of that stuff; I hate it. Of course once you're used to riding it, it's actually safer/easier to ride it than walk it. But it was my first time on a lot of that trail, so I walked some spots. 

A couple years ago I did a stall on a small bump and fell into a pile of rocks. Bruised from elbow to armpit; luckily, no broken bones. Glad your friend is mending up.

[bikeman564™]

7 minutes ago, smudge said:

Glad your friend is mending up.

Thanks, he is, and his bike is okay.