Lake Washington Loop
I woke up early yesterday, Memorial Day, and used the extra time for a solo ride around the North loop of Lake Washington. I was supposed to call Kevin about a ride but that seemed inappropriate at 5:30am. I spent some time lost near the UW where the only vehicles out were garbage trucks moving our disposables about as if it were any other day.
I felt good about the ride which ended up being 48.5 miles. I try not to look at millage while riding otherwise I might have spun around the block until the computer said 50. I was able to average over 14 mph which isn’t too bad given the 2900 feet of climbing. I’ll get a map up once my phone is willing to upload it. The route is interesting where I got lost in Laurelhurst and avoided the speed trap on the Burke-Gilman in Lake Forest Park. Yes, there is an officer on a Motorcycle clocking cyclists and will give tickets.
Kevin did this loop a couple weeks ago and wrote about motivation. One thing clear to me is the motivation provided by hatred for cancer. Cycling affords time to concentrate, relax and release some anger all in one package. Sometimes a solo ride is just the ticket, until you get caught talking to yourself.
