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10/25 Wednesday Night Ride Recap

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27.8 miles/11.1 mph ave/1725 feet climbing/38-48 degrees

Kevin, Sarah and I rode on Wednesday Night. We started at Mason Rehab. It was cloudy and 48 degrees with a slight breeze. We headed over to National Road and headed out towards Triadelphia. We turned onto Peters Run Road. About 2/3 the way up Peters Run we turned right onto Maxwell Hill Road. This is a gravel road that climbs slowly and ends up a steeper at the end where it connects with Chapel Hill Road. We turned left onto Chapel Hill Road and headed out to Dement Road. From there we turned right onto Dement and rode to the GC&P junction. From there we turned left and coasted down to 88. We crossed 88 and kept going on GC&P until Boone and Hedges. We turned right onto Boone and Hedges, also a gravel road, which is fairly flat until the end. It climbs up through several farms, we had several dogs barking and chasing. The other side is a nice long downhill with switchbacks that leads to North Fork. We turned left onto North Fork and rode to Short where we forced Sarah to make the decision as to whether we should turn right and ride the road out to the trail (all flat and longer ride) or turn left and head to Dean's Hill and GC&P (hill with long downhill and shorter). She chose the latter. By the time we reached the top of Dean's Hill and headed down the other side the temperature had reached 38 degrees. After heating up on the climb it was very cold heading down the other side. Kevin decided to jump out in front of a truck and hit 38mph on his mountain bike. Sarah and I finally caught up to him at the vets office. We rode through Woodsdale and dropped off Sarah at her house. I noticed that my light had started to run out of juice as we were heading up Washington Ave. We made it back to Mason Rehab on the trail without any problems. We rode for 2:30 but it took us around three hours with stops for adjustments (Sarah), light problems (Kevin), and clothing problems (Kevin).

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