To The Bikes!

Hello faithful reader(s). As usual this weekend included a bike ride with my fellow Yeti's Chris and KG. Along for the ride were Double D and Scotty Z.

Double D and I left my house around 6:30 am and headed to meet KG. After a short ride over the tracks and through the woods we met up with Chris and Scotty Z.

For the first time since we have been doing the Saturday morning rides, we had absolutely no idea of where we wanted to go. Luckily for us KG had been looking online for possible routes. He had thought that it would be cool to head out to Utica and then along Utica Pike, the site of Double D's first wreck, towards the Falls of the Ohio. So that is what we did.

We made our way to Utica without a hitch. Chris and Double D said that they needed to stop and remove a layer, since they had bundled up for the morning ride. So we decided to stop near the entrance to the Quary Bluff Townhome entrance. We then thought that we would be able to get to Quary bluff from there. After doing some looking around we decided that there was no way to get there from where we were at. We then decided to head back out to Utica Pike and follow it until it ended at the Army Ammo Plant. Along the way Double D decided that he needed to leave his mark on the ground. Not sure if it was the wind from the crazy driver in the Caddy that kept flying past us or if Bambi just did not have his legs yet. But he went down again. I think that we may have to keep him off of that road.

We followed the road all of the way until it ended at a gate. We could have probably made our way either under or around the gate, but we did not think pushing our luck in a military institution would be the smartest thing to do. So we stopped for a moment to decide what to do next. KG told Chris that he wanted to take the famed Trek for a spin to see what all of the hype was about. He did and he loved it. Chris spent a few moments eating and clowning around.

After the short break we decided to head toward the Falls of the Ohio. Along the way we lost Double D once due to his chain coming off, or so he says. I think he may have went down again, but who knows. KG also had a chain malfunction, that required Scotty Z's assistance. As we headed towards the Falls we decided that due to time constraints we should probably head towards the house. The ride home was uneventful.

As far as Sunday goes, it started out with my usual morning run. I ran 6 miles in 51:45. Not bad. Chris, KG, Double D, and I will be running a 5k next weekend near Slugger Field. We plan to bike over and then run the race. Should be a good time. This may be the last official 5k that we run before the Expedition Everest Challege next month, but you never know. So until next time...

Yeti out!