My mileage has more than doubled the past few weeks--and my running has gotten somewhat better too. But the increase is due to about half of the mileage has been on the bike. Wednesday, I rode with a group or RW runners turned bikers, and Pat and I made it a long ride.
We rode with our friends south towards Jenks. Pat and I had talked about riding to NSU, which was about 22 miles from where we took off. (I had actually rode from the house so I already had 5 miles in the saddle.
One of the "wonders" of Tulsa--the River Spirit Casino. This is maybe the fastest ways in the world to make $100 disappear. We kept peddling. Most of the gang turned north at Jenks and headed back towards their cars instead of venturing eastward. Sue rode with Pat and I towards Broken Arrow via the Creek Turnpike Trail.
This is not the most scenic trail in the world. It has a fair share of hills--nothing real steep or long, but enough to knock the dust off some of those seldom used sprockets.
Just before we crossed into Broken Arrow into a wetland area, Sue peeled off and headed back to her car. Pat and I picked up the pace and were determined to make the round trip to NSU. A hefty thunderstorm was building just to the southwest and the thunderbolts were in fine form. I was sure we were gonna get drenched!!
OK, this is a swiped pic. But this is what was over our shoulder maybe 15 miles away. It was moving our way, but Pat maintained that it would miss us.
We made it to NSU--101st Street east of Broken Arrow. This route is used in a lot of our all night runs, but we start in Jenks and make a 30 miler out of it. I have never seen this trail in the daytime. It is actually pretty nice on a bike. This was gonna end up being Pat's longest ride ever, and my longest in a few years. We headed back into the storm, but we just hit the edge of it. No close lightning, and only some light rain. We made it back after dark, and I still had a mile long hill across the river and up to Elwood. I finished tired and hungry. And satisfied with the ride.
Pat just about has me talked into going to Wichita Falls, TX in two weeks to ride the Hotter N Hell 100. I think I can do this.
I found this video on YouTube. I hope we can avoid the bike crashes and flat tires.
We rode with our friends south towards Jenks. Pat and I had talked about riding to NSU, which was about 22 miles from where we took off. (I had actually rode from the house so I already had 5 miles in the saddle.
One of the "wonders" of Tulsa--the River Spirit Casino. This is maybe the fastest ways in the world to make $100 disappear. We kept peddling. Most of the gang turned north at Jenks and headed back towards their cars instead of venturing eastward. Sue rode with Pat and I towards Broken Arrow via the Creek Turnpike Trail.
This is not the most scenic trail in the world. It has a fair share of hills--nothing real steep or long, but enough to knock the dust off some of those seldom used sprockets.
Just before we crossed into Broken Arrow into a wetland area, Sue peeled off and headed back to her car. Pat and I picked up the pace and were determined to make the round trip to NSU. A hefty thunderstorm was building just to the southwest and the thunderbolts were in fine form. I was sure we were gonna get drenched!!
OK, this is a swiped pic. But this is what was over our shoulder maybe 15 miles away. It was moving our way, but Pat maintained that it would miss us.
We made it to NSU--101st Street east of Broken Arrow. This route is used in a lot of our all night runs, but we start in Jenks and make a 30 miler out of it. I have never seen this trail in the daytime. It is actually pretty nice on a bike. This was gonna end up being Pat's longest ride ever, and my longest in a few years. We headed back into the storm, but we just hit the edge of it. No close lightning, and only some light rain. We made it back after dark, and I still had a mile long hill across the river and up to Elwood. I finished tired and hungry. And satisfied with the ride.Pat just about has me talked into going to Wichita Falls, TX in two weeks to ride the Hotter N Hell 100. I think I can do this.
I found this video on YouTube. I hope we can avoid the bike crashes and flat tires.
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