Today Ana wanted to ride out at Boyette, she found out how difficult the trails we ride really are. We started out at Loch Ness, then rode Randy's Trail, then rode the fire roads to the East Meadow. We took East Meadow to the West Forest, to the fire Road, and down to Red Shirt (a red shirt is indeed hanging from the tree at the beginning of the trail). We rode Red Shirt to the end of the NW quad and then headed back.
Ride Stats and Map:
Ride Time: 1:13:18
Stopped Time: 44:54
Distance: 8.92 miles
Average: 7.30 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 16.03 miles/h
Climb: 99 feet
Calories: 449
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Dual-a-thon 5K turkey trot and 10 mile bike ride
Today I finally accomplished something I have wanted to do for a while - completing a dualthon. Now, unfortunately this wasn't an official race (the 5K was) but there isnt an off road bike race anywhere near here.
5K:I started the morning off at the Fishhawk Turkey Trot 5K, ran a 31:31. Not bad. The crappy part of this race was that I had updated my iPhone the night before and it wiped all of my music off. I even tried to buy an album and found that it still wouldn't let me get to it. This sucked, because I have a hard time running without it. I suppose I could have grabbed my ipod from the car, but I digress. Overall the race was good and as fun as organized running can be.
10 Miles at Boyette:
I met Shawn, Ryan, and Pepper's brother, Peter at Boyette (which is a 10 minute drive from where the 5K was being held. My goal here wasnt necessarilly for time, but for distance. I also had to be back home by 11:30, so I did need to keep an eye to the clock. I ended up getting a little over 10 miles done, in just under 60 minutes total ride time.
Run Statistics and Map:
Started: Nov 25, 2010 8:13:21 AM
Run Time: 31:59
Distance: 3.11 miles
Average: 10:16 /mile
Fastest Pace: 9:04 /mile
Climb: 8 feet
Calories: 451
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Ride Statistics and Map:
Started: Nov 25, 2010 9:23:18 AM
Ride Time: 59:31
Distance: 10.91 miles
Average: 11.00 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 17.08 miles/h
Climb: 181 feet
Calories: 511
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5K:I started the morning off at the Fishhawk Turkey Trot 5K, ran a 31:31. Not bad. The crappy part of this race was that I had updated my iPhone the night before and it wiped all of my music off. I even tried to buy an album and found that it still wouldn't let me get to it. This sucked, because I have a hard time running without it. I suppose I could have grabbed my ipod from the car, but I digress. Overall the race was good and as fun as organized running can be.
10 Miles at Boyette:
I met Shawn, Ryan, and Pepper's brother, Peter at Boyette (which is a 10 minute drive from where the 5K was being held. My goal here wasnt necessarilly for time, but for distance. I also had to be back home by 11:30, so I did need to keep an eye to the clock. I ended up getting a little over 10 miles done, in just under 60 minutes total ride time.
Run Statistics and Map:
Started: Nov 25, 2010 8:13:21 AM
Run Time: 31:59
Distance: 3.11 miles
Average: 10:16 /mile
Fastest Pace: 9:04 /mile
Climb: 8 feet
Calories: 451
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Ride Statistics and Map:
Started: Nov 25, 2010 9:23:18 AM
Ride Time: 59:31
Distance: 10.91 miles
Average: 11.00 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 17.08 miles/h
Climb: 181 feet
Calories: 511
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday Night Ride
Well, when you can't ride in the dirt...the roadz will suffice!
Ride Stats:
Started: Nov 23, 2010 8:42:38 PM
Ride Time: 32:55
Stopped Time: 5:35
Distance: 8.52 miles
Average: 15.52 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 19.32 miles/h
Climb: 17 feet
Calories: 568
158 average heart rate
181 heart rate peak
Sunday Night Ride
Well, I didn't get to hit the trails today, so after the baby was asleep and the trash was taken out, I decided to go for a run...which after the first mile turned into a bike ride....
Ride Stats:
Started: Nov 21, 2010 9:02:16 PM
Ride Time: 35:41
Distance: 7.77 miles
Average: 13.06 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 18.74 miles/h
Ride Stats:
Started: Nov 21, 2010 9:02:16 PM
Ride Time: 35:41
Distance: 7.77 miles
Average: 13.06 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 18.74 miles/h
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Santos Trails Ride (Ocala, FL)
Well, after talking about going to Santos for a few weeks, we finally made our way up to Santos mountain bike park in Ocala. Jason, Ryan, Shawn, and I headed up around 7, and after stopping for breakfast, finally arrived around 9:30. We couldn't have asked for better weather, with the day starting off in the low sixties and rounding out around 80F with no humidity. It is so nice not to need to change shirts three times due to the heat.
The first thing we saw was a small skills building area - it was a small pump track, a low penalty bridge and other various little obstacles. We rode around here for a little bit and then hit the Pine Tree trail. This trail is an easy trail that loops around the Santos trails. We took the Pine Tree trail to Marshmallow, a windy trail with a few rocks and roots tossed in for good measure. The next trail we did was called speedway which featured several switchbacks and offered a quick pace (especially on the downhill sections. From here we rode up the Blue Hiway and at this point we split up a bit. Jason, Ryan, and Shawn took the John Brown trail, a red (very difficult trail) while I opted to take Dr. Ruth around to where John Brown exited. This section of Dr. Ruth was a miniature rock garden, meaning that there were several section of rocky, gnarly sections to ride over.
I arrived at the exit of John Brown and snapped some photos:
The exit to the John Brown trail
The Spesh looking up towards Magic Mountain
From here we rode down Cow Bone to the Blue Hiway, and crossed the street to the Vortex trails. We rode down dog bone (which while being an easy trail, had a couple of jumps that were awesome fun).
Vortex Area and Skill Filters
"Skill Filters - better be pedaling fast"
The vortex area has what they call "skill filters". The first skill filter was a small wooden bridge that was about 2 feet wide and at the highest point was about 2-3 feet tall - plenty easy. We entered the play area, which consisted of a pump track and several insane jump areas. We all played around on the pump track for a bit and watch guys who were jumping their bikes at least 6-8 feet in the air and then riding a wall turn at the end of the track. After watching for a little while we headed back toward the enterance of the park. Shawn and Jason decided to ride back in and go take the red trails, Ryan and I took the 3 mile twister trail.
Twister is the equivalent of our Golf Cart trail at Boyette, except it was about 2 miles longer and had 3 or 4 substantial drops (all of which had a branch that extended over the drop to make you think it was going to decapitate you). We reached the back enterance to the Red trails where Jason and Shawn said they would meet us. The said the trail they took didnt connect and they were waiting at the pump track for us. At this point we walked our bike over the skill filter (a few huge bolders) and rode into the free ride area. We met up with the guys again and then headed over to Santos again. This time we took the bunny trail, which was a very fast, flowing 1.5 mile trail. At the end of the bunny trail the guys headed down to the Ant Hill trail, and I rode around to Dr. Ruth to where Ant Hill exited. From here I rode up Dr. Ruth to Cow Bone to the end of Magic Mountain (the guys went and rode it). The guys said that the drop wasn't too bad, but you had to drag your brakes the whole way down and steer as best you could.
The exit to Magic Mountain was a fairly steep drop full of rocks:
It was about this time that we were going to head up Dr. Ruth and back to the trailhead to eat, but we quickly discovered Jason had a flat tire. We made quick work of the flat and were back on our way. We were flying down Dr. Ruth when a pair of guys came up behind us and apparantly we were holding them up (not that I heard anyone free wheeling!). We stopped at Sinkhole where they went down the trail, and then so did the other guys. I rode down the rest of Dr. Ruth, back around to Pine Tree and over to Marshmallow where Sinkhole ended. From here we rode back to the trailhead.
Jason and Shawn had decided they had enough and packed up and headed back. Ryan and I ate our lunch and got back on the bikes for one last tear through the trails. We rode down Pine Tree to Marshmallow, flew threw Speedway and Dr. Ruth and made our way back to the parking area.
I've been playing around with a new iPhone app and took this picture of the Spesh when I was waiting for the guys at the end of one of the trails:
Ride Stats and Maps:
Started: Nov 14, 2010 9:36:40 AM
Ride Time: 1:38:12
Stopped Time: 2:25:00
Distance: 14.49 miles
Average: 9.07 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 13.49 miles/h
Climb: 693 feet
Calories: 2871
First Section of the Ride:
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Mental pain week...turns physical
So....this week really sucked. We had major problems with our email server in which I had to fix (and I'm not an Exchange admin)...So I ended up working almost 60 hours in the last 4 days, so I was able to take today off. The weather was perfect - mid 60s and no humidity. Add the rain from the day before to the mix (no sandy spots!) and you couldn't have had a better day.
Ryan and I met at around 1pm at Boyette and headed out. We decided that we were going to do some of the trails we don't normally do just for some variety. We took the fire road in and took the creek crossing side (we always turn left and go up Loch Ness and around). The creek level was pretty low (and we could see the concrete pavers under the water) so we forded it. It should be noted that this crossing can be really really bad or nearly dry. From here we hung a left and headed down Inner Loch Ness (I personally cleaned and trimmed this trail last week, so I had to ride it). We could already tell it was a bit slick out here - the pine needles and leaves were still wet from yesterdays rains. From here we took the West Meadow Trail to Randy's trail, to Spider Berm. From Spider Berm we went over to Golf Cart where we both almost went off the side of the trail (Nevegal tires will go where ever you point them, including right over the edge of the trail!!). Thankfully at this point neither of us actually did. After Spider Berm we headed over to Pandemonium to SideWinder. At this point we decided we wanted to go ride Garry's loop, so we took the shortcut via the fire roads.
And then I found the PAIN TRAIN.
Up until this point, the ride had been fantastic. We rolled up and took a look at the drop in (about 15 feet down, at a fairly steep angle). I moved back a few feet to drop in and didnt like the approach. I rode around a bit to get the angle right and then I caught a branch in my rear derailler. At this point I should have known to just skip it. I didn't.
From what I can tell, I dropped in and somewhere about 8-10 feet down I found myself too close to the wall of limestone and a small tree on the right side of the trail (probably because I didnt want to go off the left side which puts you into an alligator infested lake) at any rate my shoulder either found the tree or the limestone, as did my knees and sections of my right arm. Ryan made his way down to see if I was ok. After regaining my witts and making sure nothing felt broken we both looked at my bike. Something seemed amiss. It appears that during the fall, that the quick release sheared off. I did find the parts, Ryan carried those back up and I brought the bike up.
We were able to get the quick release to hold enough tension to let me ride the bike back out of the park (just a leasurely 4 miles back!).
Ironically I was familiar with the fire roads because just last week we rode these in trucks when we were doing trail maintenance.
After I got home, I cleaned up and put ice on my knee and bacitricin on the scrapes...
Shoulder:
Arm:
Ryan and I met at around 1pm at Boyette and headed out. We decided that we were going to do some of the trails we don't normally do just for some variety. We took the fire road in and took the creek crossing side (we always turn left and go up Loch Ness and around). The creek level was pretty low (and we could see the concrete pavers under the water) so we forded it. It should be noted that this crossing can be really really bad or nearly dry. From here we hung a left and headed down Inner Loch Ness (I personally cleaned and trimmed this trail last week, so I had to ride it). We could already tell it was a bit slick out here - the pine needles and leaves were still wet from yesterdays rains. From here we took the West Meadow Trail to Randy's trail, to Spider Berm. From Spider Berm we went over to Golf Cart where we both almost went off the side of the trail (Nevegal tires will go where ever you point them, including right over the edge of the trail!!). Thankfully at this point neither of us actually did. After Spider Berm we headed over to Pandemonium to SideWinder. At this point we decided we wanted to go ride Garry's loop, so we took the shortcut via the fire roads.
And then I found the PAIN TRAIN.
Up until this point, the ride had been fantastic. We rolled up and took a look at the drop in (about 15 feet down, at a fairly steep angle). I moved back a few feet to drop in and didnt like the approach. I rode around a bit to get the angle right and then I caught a branch in my rear derailler. At this point I should have known to just skip it. I didn't.
From what I can tell, I dropped in and somewhere about 8-10 feet down I found myself too close to the wall of limestone and a small tree on the right side of the trail (probably because I didnt want to go off the left side which puts you into an alligator infested lake) at any rate my shoulder either found the tree or the limestone, as did my knees and sections of my right arm. Ryan made his way down to see if I was ok. After regaining my witts and making sure nothing felt broken we both looked at my bike. Something seemed amiss. It appears that during the fall, that the quick release sheared off. I did find the parts, Ryan carried those back up and I brought the bike up.
We were able to get the quick release to hold enough tension to let me ride the bike back out of the park (just a leasurely 4 miles back!).
Ironically I was familiar with the fire roads because just last week we rode these in trucks when we were doing trail maintenance.
After I got home, I cleaned up and put ice on my knee and bacitricin on the scrapes...
Shoulder:
Arm:
Right leg:
Ride Stats and Maps:
Started: Nov 5, 2010 12:55:09 PM
Ride Time: 1:11:47
Stopped Time: 47:16
Distance: 10.84 miles
Average: 9.06 miles/h
Fastest Speed: 14.54 miles/h
Climb: 34 feet
Calories: 578
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