I rode at Whiting and Webster Park this afternoon. Leaves have been on the trails for weeks now, but there are much more now. I know most of the trails enough to know where the major roots are, so it wasn't too bad.
I haven't ridden the Red trail in a long time, and I know I'm getting stronger and better so I rode it today. I went from south to north, starting at the Orange trail. A lot of it is rideable to me, but there are some parts that were too much. Still, I know I rode a lot more than I was ever able to. Some of the hills are too steep to climb and there was one section with a crazy net of tall roots. Next season when the leaves are cleared I'll work on it.
I wanted to break my past distance record, which was about 15 miles. So I pushed and rode further today. 17.5 miles (28km)! My average speed was 6.2 mph. I basically did three of my usual laps at Whiting and Webster Park instead on two.
I made it up the hardest hill I ride, and a bunch of other difficult hills. I had a few spectators at some challenging hills, including my hardest, which was cool. It seems more official if there are witnesses.
I keep going to Whiting and Webster Park. My other options are Bay Park East, Bay Park West, Tryon, and Dryer. But all of these have more hills closer together. Usually when I ride at these I go for a shorter time because I get whipped sooner. But I should probably revisit one soon. Maybe Bay Park West, because there has been a lot of work going on there for the county shared-use pilot program.
My GPS says only 15.8 miles, but it's always less. And as expected, the farther I go, the farther off it is. It thinks I was going 25 mph at some point too, and fell off a cliff.
I took a few hours vacation from work to ride this afternoon. Same old thing. I saw about a dozen people walking, some with dogs, some on leashes, some not, one taking a dump on the trail, some people smiling, some surprised, some had no expression at all. I haven't made it up one steep hill in the Orange trail at Whiting in a while. Yet I've made it up other hills in Webster I used to have problems with.
All week the forecast said it was going to rain this weekend, but thankfully it wasn't right. I rode at my usual spot. 11.96 miles according to my cycle computer.
I took some vacation from work this afternoon and went riding at my usual spot. The whole family came along. Sydney brought her uni and rode some trails! She rode on some of the flatter trails and did great. The ladies stuck together and Kyle and I rode some of my usual trails. He must be my good luck charm because I made it up all my challenge hills in Webster Park. 8.58 miles according to my cycle computer.
My last ride was two weeks ago at the Schenectady muni race. I got sick days after and didn't ride last weekend. I didn't feel too out of shape today, but it wasn't my strongest ride. I didn't make it up as many of the hills that are a challenge for me.
Usually I go early in the morning, but I didn't get around to it until late today. There were a lot more people on the trails. A lot of little kids were very excited to see a unicycle on the trails. I think people like to discover new things on the trails. Seeing a unicycle in the woods must make for a nice story.
