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Two Days in the Valley....of a cold

I missed my ride guide assignment yesterday (Sunday Mountain biking with the club) at Alafia (pronounced Al-a-fie), a tough park with lots of challenging ups and downs. With trail names like Gator Back, Rabbit Ears, Roller Coaster and Moonscape you can only imagine what it's like. This was not a good day to miss since most of the bike club was up in Ellijay, GA riding there on one of the club trips. This trip meant fewer ride guides left in town. Fortunately, there were other ride guides out there to take my place. Things usually work out like that. I can't help being sick. Not my choice.

Maybe you can't imagine what mountain biking in Florida is like? Some people say it's harder because you don't get many chances to stop pedaling, like you can on the down hill sections of mountain trails. Especially when the Florida trails are on reclaimed land from phosphate pits (lots of short ups and downs). When, in the 'real' mountains, you climb that ridge it's usually a less technical trail than in Florida but you also may get that long downhill section of trail where you don't have to pedal so hard. I'll have to find out for myself next year.

First thing I need do is get rid of this cold and get back out on those wheels.

Tag: mountain biking

posted by Kev @ 4/18/2005 04:16:00 PM