Bicycle Diaries
30 years riding, 15 years writing
Raining all day Sunday
Sunday was a wash out, and my back was hurting.
All day it rained, it let up a little late afternoon but I wasn’t about to go out. The weirs that cross the creek have a tendency to get full of debris from all the street drains that funnel their water into the McAlpine Creek.
My back was also hurting, tensing up on me. So I figured I’d be a couch potato for the day and watch Formula 1 racing and NCAA basketball. The off day made it’s presence felt in my legs today, I just couldn’t get up to speed.
I counted 40 ducks and geese on the lake today, as I took a break and fueled myself with a banana. They know me by now, inching closer awaiting the cut up banana peel I throw into the lake. If the ducks and geese aren’t fast enough to get the peels, the fish and turtles beat them to it.
MTB: distance 16.46 miles, average speed 13.5 mph.
Charlotte, NC
Spent 10 years in Charlotte, a block away from an entrance to the McAlpine Creek Greenway.
Switched to a mountain bike from the road bikes I was accustomed to riding for 15 years.
The time spent on these trails was most appreciated.
Trek Fuel 70
