Millcreek + Emigration

Did a good 3 hours on the road this afternoon in short sleeve jersey & shorts. Started out on 900 E where I passed Fox riding in the opposite direction. Not sure if there's any meaning to that chance encounter but my ride was good so maybe I picked up some Fox mojo or something. Unfortunately I didn't find any spare cash on my ride... Headed up to Millcreek where my time from the pay station to the gate was 23:05 at an average heart rate of 170. Slightly quicker than last week but still nothing too exciting. On the way down I thought I'd head back via the Parley's bike path but after crossing over I-80 I figured it was too early to head back given the fantastic weather. So I followed the bike route through the neighborhood to Emigration. At that point my bottles were about empty but I decided to ride up a bit, keeping the pace mellow. As it turned out I ended up riding up to Little Mountain where I met JRAD and TMAC hanging with some Canyon Bikes riders. Those guys are quick and I didn't see much more of them once we headed down!

It's pretty cool seeing so many riders on the road. When I lived in Payson I'd see another rider maybe one or two times during the week and run into three or four on Saturday. Here in the big city there are riders all over.

Reading Sly's trail report it sounds like it's time to bring the mountain bike to work and ride the dirt at lunch. I left my road bike in the office today so maybe Thursday or Friday I'll swap bikes.