Where did you workout (ride, run, etc) OUTSIDE today? (2024)

Today was the Yeronga Medley audax. Along with four others I did the shortest version of the series offered today at 108km. Two doing 153, one doing 202, one doing 303, & two doing 601. :grimacing:

I really need to get my :poop: together with these. :laughing: Today I was three minutes late & didn’t bring a pen. Picked my card up out of the organiser’s letterbox & set off. Everyone had left without me, which is fine, I always come prepared to ride the whole thing solo. Caught some people, missed a turn, backtracked, caught them again. :see_no_evil: Dropped off the western edge of my maps download for about a third of the ride, but at least still had the breadcrumb trail. Quite enjoyed the highway sections actually.

Here ya go @Pbase: Slight possibility I powered some of this ride with a doey or two. :doughnut: :doughnut: :yum:

But I’m in a donut deficit because this ride cost me 15.

I did also consume about 250g of sugar in solution.

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Our last weekend in Colorado. Friday, from Boulder, we drove over to Lyons, on the way to Estes Park (just outside Rocky Mountain National Park) to hike the Sleepy Lion trail to the Button Rock dam. It felt very cold thanks to a lot of water in the air from the dam/creek, but no snow yet.

Looking down on the dam from the top of the hike.

Wife standing in front of the dam for size reference.

Where the dam flows into the creek.

Two happy kids who grew up in Florida, who’ve been stuck in Texas for almost 30 years, but really, really, really want to go live in Colorado!

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Did you see any other people on that walk?

The usual Saturday group ride for me today to the Falcon pub in Fotheringhay.
After a stomach upset I wasn’t feeling my strongest though until we stopped at the cafe and I refuelled with a huge slice of carrot and walnut cake.

I decided to reset my computer for the ride home :beers:

It was a pretty mucky ride as I think the farmers are busy at this time of year and there was some dampness.

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Yes. At the top of the Sleepy Lion trail we saw a trailrunner. The 2nd half of the loop is all on the park road (gravel), so it’s very scenic, but very flat, and we probably saw 5 groups of walkers just doing the flat part.

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Chalk and cheese compared to yesterday :sun_with_face:
A relaxed group ride for me down to Islip just outside of Thrapston. We came back by Oundle, the majority of the group went straight back to Yaxley but me and another mate went on round by Blathewyke and Kings Cliffe. He blew up there (metaphorically of course) and it was a bit of Z1 ride back but it was a beautiful day for some active recovery. Delightfully my hands only went numb once I think the jacket I was wearing give better protection of my wrist.

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A run from a week ago:

Today:

Enjoying the overcast weather!

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Scary place


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I climbed a little bit because it was before the season started.


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Ellijay, Georgia (Mixed Surface) - Started out misting, but cleared up once we started. In the foothills of the Appalachians & Blue Ridge.

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Got in to Borrego Springs last night. Here for the 12 Hour World TT Champs this weekend. Put the TT bike together this morning and went for some shake out riding. Rode the main loop at a pace that was a touch too hot for race day and then the finishing loop at a much more reasonable effort. Looking forward to this weekend!


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Fire it up! :fire:

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Good luck :four_leaf_clover:

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Saddle is too low

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From a few days ago in Sam Houston National Forest. First gravel ride on the new bike. Felt great once I got the tire pressure dialed in.

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This morning I traversed the mixed use paths along part of Kedron Brook (upstream) & Enoggera Creek (downstream), which I’d been saving up for a recovery week because they meander so much, some corners are sharp, blind, littered with leaves/twigs/seedpods/blossoms, there are a lot of road crossings, intersections with other paths, & locals out for a wander with a dog or three. Not the sort of place you want try to hold a power target. But a very nice place for a leisurely [st]roll. Like today. :innocent:

Had some main road to reach the chosen entry point for the first path.

Kedron Brook’s path for the most part is pretty well manicured.


Reached the end of the outbound route, cut over a ridge (more main & suburban roads) to find the inbound route. Found it & immediately went off-route to have a look at the dam.

Contemplated circumnavigating the dam but then changed my mind when I again saw the size of it on a tourist sign/map. Headed back in on my route. Was distracted by some pedestrians on the path & missed a turn. To get back on route without popping a 180° turn I had to duck down this much older path with a cute bridge. And yes, steps on the other side.

Passed by a pump track so decided to be a kid & play on it for a couple of laps

More pathway through bushes between houses & the creek

Short detour to check out some friends’ old digs. It’s about a quarter century since they lived there, & the property is looking more polished & :person_shrugging: non-descript.

At one point the breadcrumb trail seemed to veer off into nowhere. I caught up with the would-be path further around & this is what Gmaps’ cycling directions were trying to guide me down:

Okay yeah, doable, but it would be cool if their cycling directions came with a slider to choose what type of bike you’re on &/or how rough you want the paths to be.
Made a stop close to home to fuel my recovery wiiiiitthhhh…



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That’s not a setup you see very often…

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Aero bars on a pump track… definitely not! :laughing:
To be clear I wasn’t holding them whilst riding around the track, that would be asking for trouble. Indeed I barely used them on this ride.

I expected it to be grey but dry but I shouldn’t pay heed to forecasts it turned out a bit dreich for the usual group ride. It was only a group of two though,

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Another run down! Though I think it’ll be the last trail run until spring. Bah

Maybe my toddlers will be kind and let me ride indoors now!

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