amy, myself, brawnski, and rhapsody went for a 20 mile bike ride on the poplar creek trail today. i’d say that it’s amy and my favorite paved trail. it has a great combination of hills and flats, it could use a few more trees though, but otherwise it’s a great place to ride. after the first lap i was feeling pretty good but around the second lap i was starting to bonk on the climbs. i was forced to use lower gears and a higher cadence, which is fine, just zapped me even more. by the time we finished the second lap i felt better but definitely needed some carbo reloading. we decided to call it a day though and retired to the local jamba juice for our carb refresher.


for my first ride in a few weeks (due to no rear tire) i did pretty well. one of my goals for this year is to put in a 50 mile circuit of that trail. that would be a little under 6 laps as each lap is about 9.2 miles. i have to put in some serious training here soon to hit that goal.