Last night I rode the Blackfoot Trail but found that my heart rate was somewhat slower than normal. I may be on the verge of over-training, but I still enjoy it. Perhaps this is why so much at work frustrates me. The rainy weather continues, and I feel like my luck has run out. Tonight I expect to get extremely wet, muddy, and cold, which strangely appeals to me!
{rant section} I was just asked to make some style changes to the MARS Stout website. Personally, I think the new font changes have made the site look worse. While the site does need updating to appear more professional (a future redesign may help), the previous style was pretty good. Now it looks dysfunctional and the design elements are not complementary. So please don’t think this is one of my own sites. Yuck!
Thursday Night Ride Report
I left work around 4:40 and rode to the Blue Mountain Recreation area before the group was to meet at 6. I rode up the Blue Mountain Road and came down the single-track that we usually climb. I met Larry and a new rider, and we set off to do some riding.
We rode for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. In that time, we rode up to the first upper parking lot, turned left, and climbed up and over to a great downhill that I had never ridden before. We ended up by the footbridge at the bottom. We rode back up the gulch and came down my favorite downhill before returning to the parking lot.
Even though we received a record rainfall yesterday (1.68 inches), we were able to enjoy a ride without too much mud. In fact, the riding conditions were pretty good.
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