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06082019 – Bike

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We decided to spend a good part of Saturday riding the trails at Cuyuna as a family.  This was Christy and Nadia’s first time mountain biking.  Neither of them have mountain bikes, so we rented some Salsa Timberjacks from Red Raven bike shop. I will admit I was a little jealous of their super nice bikes!!  Christy loved the thrill of riding the trails! Nadia really liked her bike but not the trails as much.  We rode some of the Yawkey unit and then after I double flatted stopped back at Red Raven for lunch and for them to look at my wheel as both flats were at the stem.  They were great and then we went to the Rally Center and rode circles on their skills track!  Both kids really liked it!   It was a great day to be out  –  a little on the warm side though.  I ended up with at least 5 miles and maybe more with all the loops of the skills track!!  I did ride one new section for me – the Trout loop around Yawkey.

In the later afternoon we went to packet pick-up and the kids did their mini-triathlon.  It was 3/4 mile bike – 1/2 mile run – and using the slide at the indoor pool! The kids had fun doing that and playing in the pool was a fun way for them to end the day!

06022019 – Bike

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Things were finally drying out a little bit!! Most of the trails were open and I wanted to get one more ride in before the race.  So I went out for a nice easier spin on the trails at Wirth.  The new Loppet trail (45 North) is mostly finished and is open with one temporary detour.  It was a nice easier trail that will be a fun addition to the system.  I then hit the North Loop and the Luce Line is still flooded.  I took the little railroad detour and had fun riding the loop.  Nothing amazing as I was trying to keep it easy. I then came back and did the Area 36 trails. I was hoping for a cool sunset shot from the top, but the sun set behind a bunch of trees! 

This is the best sunset shot that I got! 

7.7 miles in 64 minutes.

05262019 – Bike and Kayak

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The Mountain Bike trails opened up yesterday afternoon and I wanted to get some dirt action before the rain on Monday. I also didn’t want to tear up my legs for Murph either so I did the North Loop twice at an easy-ish pace.  The Luce Line is still flooded between Wirth Parkway and the entrance, but I found a nice work around that followed the railroad tracks. I found a trail heading back into the woods and was getting ready to turn on it when a dude came running out and he confirmed it would drop me into the loop. It was in great shape, except one section that was closed due to flooding still, but it had a nice work around.  I did about 6.5 miles and it felt good.

Son had been asking to go kayaking with me so the two kids and I ended up going to Hyland park and kayaking on the lake.  It was fun and sunny – I got burnt. I didn’t record the paddle as it was mostly leisurely.  It was a lot of fun though!! Three kayaks is a lot of logistics, but the kids were great helpers!

05252019 – Bike

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I didn’t really have a plan for my ride. I knew several of my normal trails are closed for light rail construction. My general plan was to do my normal 12ish mile loop. When I got towards the Greenway I realized that I didn’t have anything specific to be home for so I went West instead of East. Then the detours started!! I wasn’t exactly sure where I was and then I recognized that I was close to Aquila Park which is on the Cedar Lake Bike Trail.  Minnetonka Blvd continued to have bike lanes so I decided to stay on that for awhile! Eventually I realized that I was paralleling the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail. That would end in Excelsior or make a super long loop.  I eventually stopped at a map and double checked and found a cut-off that would work and took 101 all the way to the Luce Line. This also went over Lake Minnetonka at Gray’s Bay and I’ve done that a few times before too!! The Luce Line had some construction as well, but I was able to ride through the first part of it. Then instead of turning to stay on the Luce Line in Golden Valley I went straight on Plymouth and ended up catching the detour and making it home!! So much construction. It was a great morning to be out riding and it was nice to have no where to be and nothing to worry about. The only problem really was that I only brought a bottle of water and one energy waffle. I felt fine during the ride, but did eat the waffle around the halfway mark when I was at Gray’s Bay and I had stopped for the picture and texted the family!

05072019 – Run & Bike

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Another early morning run!! I’m glad that the sun is coming up now as I finish my runs. It means longer and warmer days are coming! Another set of timed short intervals. 6 x 2 minutes with 3 minutes of rest between and 5 x 1 minute with 1 minute rest. The 1 minute intervals seemed quick which I think was the point.

Overall was 5 miles in 54:24.

I wasn’t able to bike to work, but we did bike for our after-school class. It was the last week so we biked to Dairy Queen. We took everyone (2 are still using their bikes as striders and 1 isn’t very confident on the pedals) so it was a little slower. I went back and forth because we could have taken a long/fun way to DQ but I think it was good to include everyone! After work I took my trailer and positioned it for the big bike field trip tomorrow. So my total riding was 2.5 miles.