Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Ok, so biking season started a little later than usual this year for me, but life has just been a little crazy up until now. Although my regular blog has fallen by the wayside, I'm hoping to still keep up with the biking blog just so that I can help track my rides. New this year, the biking blog will include mountain bike rides!! Kevin's parents brought us some bikes from Sports Rack in Marquette last September. We got to use them in Moab, but didn't have much of a chance to use them after that. So, this summer's riding will be on more than just pavement for me! Hopefully once Kevin's ankle heals, we will be able to mountain bike ride together!!! (can't wait!)

My original plan for this summer was to get in two "big" rides. I'm not sure if I will be able to get to that goal with my late start and all, but we will see. They probably won't be organized rides, but still hope to hit some of the mountain passes again.

Today, Chad Hooper and I headed out for a relatively easy ride - a good one for the first ride of the year. We started at the Hooper's house and headed toward Cherry Creek Reservoir on the Highline Canal and Cherry Creek bike trails. We did two laps around the park, then headed back. Beautiful morning for a ride... minus the wind in some areas!

Ride Stats:
**Updated: Chad has a nifty app on his iPhone that tracks the ride with all of the info along with the maps!! Neat!!!**

Distance: 25.4 mi
Time: 1 hr 45 min
Total Elevation Change: 1,860

Here's to another great summer of riding! Cheers!