Wednesday, April 8, 2009

if a tlark bike rides in the forest and no ones around, did it happen?

As of late I have been on a mission to get myself out of the house every day for exercise. Right now living at my parents house, and not having a job or even any friends in town, its really easy to let myself become lazy and just slump on the couch all day. I really want to get in shape and work on my biking, so lately I've been rotating riding and running (mainly running on days it seems way to windy to want to ride).
Tonight I decided to ride towards Point Beach State park, which is roughly 11 miles away from my house, so a pretty easy ride for the night. On the way I took the Mariners trail, which is a beautiful easy ride along the lake all the way to Two Rivers.



After following the 5.5 mile trail into TR I only had to ride maybe five minutes through the town to get to the next bike path. This one is called the Rawley Point bike trail, and it goes through a "pine and hemlock forest" and takes you right up to the parking lot for the state park.



This trail started a little harder than the last, mainly because it wasn't paved (crushed gravelish??) and I was on my track bike with thin tires that kept trying to get stuck in other peoples tire grooves. But I pushed on, and came to the point where the trail meets the road and I could have either:
a. hopped on the road and followed it the rest of the way to the park
b. continued on the trail into the forest, even though I most def was not on the right type of bike
c. turned around and gone home

Well I went with ... B! Yes I took my poor little fixed gear into the forest, running over sticks and stones, through dirt and mud, snow piles, and hopping on and off of wooden bridges. Overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and I actually got pretty far into the forest before deciding to take a break re-fuel and head back (the sun was getting mighty low and I was w/o lights).



Me looking oh so cool in the forest: It was warm enough today to ride w/o a jacket the whole time!!



My poor dear bike that puts up with so much abuse and still keep kickin'.

On the way back home a deer ran out on the trail in front of me. I love nature.

The reason I've been riding out to this park in particular is because I actually have an interview with them on saturday. I think it would sound good to the interviewer if I was able to say that I ride out to the park on a regular basis, and that I've even been on some of the trails. You know, makes me look like I'm outdoorsy and have an interest in the park.
Well....thats all for now!

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