This morning I went snow biking with Ted. You remember Ted, right? Scott made amazing apple pancakes for breakfast and I was responsible for eating the majority of them. So freaking good. After breakfast we rode over to Robinettes orchard, which has about 4 miles of mountain bike trail and is only about 10-15 minutes (by bike) from my house.
This was my first time riding the trail this year, and it's obvious that someone has been doing some maintenance on it. Most of the trail was pretty packed down and fun to ride, but there was a sheet of ice underneath the snow. The secret was to do minimal braking, and never around a corner!!!!
My bike hanging out....
It was really pretty in the woods, but right now I am camera-less and trying to take pictures with my phone is a pain. Especially in wet conditions. You'll just have to take my word for it :-)At one point I managed to go the wrong way and Ted asked how I could have missed the bright yellow arrows pointing in a different direction. It was because I took an icy downhill so fast that I was practically going sideways...and I think I closed my eyes!
I ended up riding for 3 hours outside, and finished the last hour on my trainer. A good day for sure. And it's a good thing that I ate so many apple pancakes for breakfast, as my water bottle froze up almost instantly and I forgot to bring any other food items for the ride. I managed to ride outside that long without eating or drinking anything and had zero bonkage. Though I don't recommend doing that....at all.
The next couple of weeks are going to be very busy with the usual-usual (work and training). For the next week though, I'll be mostly hanging out with my middle sister Michela. She's on school break and back from L.A. until Christmas Eve. I'm considering kidnapping her so that she can't go back, but I don't think she's that fond of this cold weather. Already, she's completely acclimated to warm weather and views Michigan as the North Pole!
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