Rider's Log 1.23.09 - Coal Creek Trail/Community Ditch/Spring Brook Loop

 

Distance 31 miles.  Time: 3:10.  Avs: 10.5   Temperature: 27-32 degrees

Left from the Flatirons Church office lot around 9:30 with Michael Koehn.  We rode out to the Boulder County open space and took a clockwise loop on the new Spring Brook Loop South.  Nice loop of a about 2.5 miles.  Counterclockwise wise might be a better way to go.  Since it's been really warm the last week, most all of the mud was dry except for some shady spots in the BoCo OS up next to the mountains and in the trees.  The return was a bit cold and both Michael and I were a bit chilled by the time we were done.  We were cold toast.

Definitely a sweet ride for January.  It should be a good year.

   

Boulder County Open Space

Looking north at the flatirons

   

                                                                                           Michael

Rider' Log 1.17.09 - first ride of the year

It feels really good to post a January date for Rider's Log.

Rode my "time trial" loop.  Its a 20 mile lollipop that takes me from my house out the Big Dry Creek Trail to I-25, north on Huron to 144th, around McKay Lake, south past Legacy High School and back home on the BDCT.

Temp was 60 today.  I rode with long sleeve base layer and long sleeve jersey, full finger gloves and shorts.  i was comfortable.

Distance: 20 miles  Time: 1:33       (did this same ride 8.28.08 in 1:10)

relentless rootiness

describing a mountain bike trail on hawaii's north shore, the author wrote, "relentless rootiness rewards momentum, which can be difficult to come by." I like it.
that's from Mountain Bike magazine, November 2007.