The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long National Park that starts (or ends) 30 mies west of Nashville. The Ride2Recovery Ride was to benefit fallen warriors. As I've previously posted, we had grueling conditions and I felt my age (and weight!). But, as I get older, I'm getting a little more inclined o stop and take some pictures!

On the Trace to the start...cyclists, car, and look closely for turkeys! They were everywhere!


The overall setting was very pastoral:


This was the view from a bridge at mile 51. The wind nearly knocked me off my feet:


Lunch in historic Leipers Fork (so historic, that when I lived 15 miles from there, I had never heard of it)


I'm glad I did the ride...it reminded me of my riding basics that I forgot in the last year of less riding.

Here are the stats: my 40 mile pace was 18.8mph. At mile 43, pace didn't matter anymore...finishing alive did!


I don't think I've ever done a ride with so much speed variation!