I just got back from a short ride, long run with my friend Corrie. Because it was a combo ride run, I thought I would try to be crafty with MapMy-Whatever. I thought MapMyFitness would allow you to put in multiple activities, but I can’t figure out how to do it.
Here’s the route. It’s a beautiful day here, sunny and slightly warm. There was still snow on the trail we ran on and two massive avalanches from this winter on Blue Lake road. One avalanche site completely blocks two roads, one accessing the campground and Beaver Lake Trail, the other blocking Blue Lake Damn access. Snapped tree trunks and rock debris gives you the sense of it’s force. Yikes! Keep running.
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Mom is back! Pete and I took advantage of Grandma’s 1/2 mile proximity and dumped the kids for dinner and a movie while we went for a long(er) ride.
I have been doing rides with Anan while Kobi is in school. I pull him in the bike cart with food, beverages, toys, books and ample snuggly blankets to encourage sleeping. It’s about 50lbs. of kid and stuff. With Anan in the cart I mostly stay on paved roads for his comfort.
In order to get in a longer ride I have few options. I can ride 14 miles from one end of town to the other on our main road that is paved, for a total of 28 miles. The other option is to ride 7 miles to the end of the paved road and then continue on a gravel road to the fish hatchery and Green Lake hydroelectric power station. This is the route Pete and I rode. I have ridden most of it on my own, but it’s a little creepy. It’s spring and the bears will soon start to wander out looking for food. I am sure they don’t want me for food, but flying down some of the hills and rounding blind corners just says traffic jam to me. I have visions of literally running into a ball of brown fur and being projected from my bike into the thorny Devils Club branches. It’s unlikely and irrational, but… Riding with someone else makes it more unlikely anyway. We’re usually forewarned that the bears have arrived with piles of scat amongst the potholes. The road was clear, so they must be sleeping still.
Average speed 11.3, Slowest Speed 2.7, Fastest 29.5
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