Lake Harris and a marina in the background

Tired legs from yesterday’s ride, plus I got started 30 minutes late, so today’s ride was a bit shorter.  I did basically the same route, except I didn’t do as many loops around Lakeshore.  Despite leaving the house at 7, traffic was pretty light on the route for a Monday morning.

The Route:

Had a great ride around Leesburg this morning. It started with a light rain and wet roads, but turned into dry and humid. The ride through old downtown Leesburg was nice, and the loop around Sunnyside and Lakeshore was spectacular. I got stung by a yellow jacket that collided with my arm (it’s dead now) but otherwise great 90 minutes on the bike.

The pics:

Downtown Leesburg on a Sunday morning

Lakeshore of Lake Harris

The route:

While visiting my folks in Chattanooga, Tennessee this week, my dad and I took two rides on Monday and Tuesday. Both times we rode the path at the Chattanooga Riverpark. While it’s not a very strenuous route at all, it was very good to get out and enjoy some quality time on the bike.

Clay and I had a great opportunity to get a ride in this morning. 22 miles on the bike path with the trail-a-bike.

Chris, me, and Mac

Today I had a great Father’s Day ride. I left my house at 6:30 and rode 50 to Radford, then down 56 to meet up with Chris and Mac. Together we rode up 682 to Connett, then down to Poston and up to 691, then back to town via the bike path. I then rode home up Dairy Barn Lane and up and up North Blackburn. I felt fairly good throughout the entire ride, even if I had a fairly hard time keeping up with Chris (he’s spend considerable time on his indoor trainer). On the way home, I was very pleased to make it up North Blackburn and Wonder Hills, especially after riding 30+ miles at a pretty good clip. Total mileage was around 35.75, with about 2.5 hours ride time. I’m pretty sure this was the longest ride of the year. I’ve had a lot of professional, personal, and family commitments that have kept me away from the bike, but man, that ride has me psyched to ride a lot more. Now to just find the time without upsetting my work/home/life/family balance.

Here is the route of the ride :