It’s become pretty normal for me each day to ping my friends at WTB about doing a ride. We’ve been stringing together the rides as best we can given the nasty weather conditions, business meetings, and life’s usual commitments. Luckily for me, I’ve gone on most of the lunch rides that have left WTB’s world headquarters. ;-)Today I heard from my buddy “B,” and he wanted to do the lunch ride even though it had been raining all morning long. I’m always happy to have someone to ride with when the weather is bad. “B” and I headed out to do what’s become a bit of a “usual” lunch ride. It includes riding up the first third of Mount Tam, and then over to the Marin Headlands where we can ride up the Coyote Ridge fire road. From there we typically head down the Miwok fire road into Tennessee Valley.
Today the National Park Service had apparently decided to do some trail maintenance on the Miwok Trail. I have no idea why they’d be out there on a such rainy day while doing this kind of work, but they were. The new troughs that they were cutting in the trail left huge amounts of exposed dirt that was basically dangerous for cyclists. The loose and mud-stricken dirt was like cement for our tires. At one point, and in a steep section, I had to remember way back to the days when I played hockey in CT in order to “skate” my bike through the muck. I was laughing as I descended, but then I started to worry about falling and injuring my freshly (almost) healed ribs. “B” and I fortunately made it through the gauntlet of rangers and trail muck. When we made it down to the road I think that we both sighed in relief. Thanks for the great ride “B.” How about riding tomorrow?
Distance: 16.79 miles
Calories burned: 1,468
Time: 1:44:45 hours
Elevation gain: 1,893 ft
Garmin Connect ride details: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/20843621
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