Thurs. Night Hammer...epic chain drop

Thurs. Night in the forest, good people, good times.  My legs were not feeling strong, still recovering from Tuesday, and the snow, mud, muck made it that much tougher to turn the cranks.  I droped the chain as well - 3 times I think,, and each time when powering the cranks, resulting in a pedal to the calf - ouch.  Cleaning the bike today I see either the cause or the result.

No stats for tonight, I would guess 15k - it felt like a true winter ride.
Off to Joyride for a bit now.

Really cool ride today at Ganaraska forest

Yeah! How cool is that, eight of us decide to take the day off work to ride. November 16 2010, Ganaraska forest and it is 10c.

I had been wanting to get back there and complete Paul's 60k loop. Carmen (thanks for the pictures) and I had been trying to make it happen since August.  We finally got our day.  This was only my third time out there, and I liked it more today than ever before (mostly because all the Poison Ivy is gone, covered with leaves (fingers crossed...I really don't want another bout of PI).


At 10.30 the 8 of us headed out..did I mention it was 10c?  We were soon removing layers.

a shot from the trail. miles and miles of single track.  It makes Durham seem small.

Happy face says it all

Wondering what Chris & me were saying

And yes, I was on a SS rigid 29r.  F*#k I wanted gears today.

Not many more days like this, this season.

Thanks so much guys (and girl) for coming out and making this happen.

Link to the Garmin ride stats is here.

Training report

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56545617
15k today..no energy in the legs, turned it into a bit of a recovery ride.

Friday ride at Durham

Was back out at Durham again yesterday (and hopefully today as well!).  Met up with Rick Meloff for a ride, and a father & son both on 29r SS that had never been to the forest. 13c! Sunshine!  We took them on a 30k+ tour.
Details here...http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56497949

I had to stop and do a "doubletake" at one point. There is a spot known as "the pines" in GlenMajor, where there is a downed tree not far off the trail, and many people have commented that, as you fly by, it looks like a bear...well someone decided to have fun with that....

Thanks to Rick Meloff for the photos

Re-activating

Re-activating the blog.
I haven't written much (well two months since I have written).
In conversation with Mr B we are going to start recording our training. A couple years ago a few of us, John, Guy, Winston, all shared a blog where we recorded our training rides.  It worked really well to keep us motivated through the winter.
So here we go...
Good ride last night...large crew out, maybe 12 of us, stayed on the Durham forest side, 27k 800m of climbing, no heart rate monitor.  Just fun. Good times. Beer & pretzels in the parking lot with good tunes & a fire.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56413985

Wow, since Jan 1st I have managed to ride 3500km - mostly mountain biking