Ride Report/ Victory Chant!

[Trekhawk]

This is a 9-mile loop.
Here's where we rode: Looking east, beautiful San Fernando Valley in the distance.

Well done. Is that the route in red. Looks waaaayyyyy longer than 9 miles.

[emily_in_nc]

Wow, that's so cool. Neat route picture -- how did you find that? Congratulations on doing so well!

Emily

[fatbottomedgurl]

The reason it looks longer than 9 miles is those mountains are not very high!

I saved an image in Google Earth and then put the red path on it in Photoshop. With GE you can look at the terrain from any angle and elevation.

[tprevost]

Congratulations on your improvements! Great job!!!! I am such a chicken at this point... I can't wait to be able to do what you're doing!

I guess I'm gonna have to come crash (probably literally AND figuratively) one of your rides and get some tips!

You are getting better really fast and that is AWESOME!

Trac'

[RoadRaven]

Great pic FBG... really shows where you went and gives an idea of terrain

I have spent some time just looking at that - I love examing terrain/aerial pix like that.

Congrats on your time, it feels soooo good, huh?

[fatbottomedgurl]

Thanks. I just got back from riding UP the single track. On the photo it starts at the right side heading up from the street and we rode to the dark egg-shaped shadow in the middle. About a 2.5 mile climb. A real leg-burner. And I had a minor crash on the way down on some slick rock and scraped my elbow.

[emily_in_nc]

Ouch! Sorry about the crash. My scabs from my most recent (very minor) crash are just gone, though I still have a less-than-great shoulder from my very first (and most serious) mtb crash <sigh>. I guess I should bite the bullet and go to PT, but I only notice it when I do upright rows (with 10 lb. dumbbells), so I completely forget about it except 1-2 times a week when I do that particular exercise at the gym.

Hope you're just scraped and nothing worse!

Emily