Has anyone here ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway

[ny biker]

I love that photo!


How many miles (average) were you logging each week for training? My main problem is finding access to decent hills.

Come to Arlington. Plenty of steep hills. They're generally short but close enough together to make an exhausting ride. I have a cue sheet called "Hellbent on Hills," though I prefer to call it "Have cake for dinner, you've earned it."

For long hills that are not steep, there is Skyline Drive.

[rubysoho]

Come to Arlington. Plenty of steep hills. They're generally short but close enough together to make an exhausting ride. I have a cue sheet called "Hellbent on Hills," though I prefer to call it "Have cake for dinner, you've earned it."

For long hills that are not steep, there is Skyline Drive.

Are they like the hills on the GW trail up to Mount Vernon? I had a good time riding those the other weekend. We (friend and I) ended up doing that entire trail back and forth.

[KathiCville]

RubySoho....The mountains here in central VA are simply beautiful in mid-October and daytime temps are perfect. (September can be surprisingly hot, even at the higher elevations of the Parkway/Drive.) Spring is also stunning, especially when the redbuds start blooming. I love watching the mountains "wake up" in April and begin to transition from brown to bright "spring" green. You can't go wrong in terms of scenery at either time of year.

(Brief hijack) NY Biker.....I lived and biked in Arlington for almost 20 years---put many a mile in on the W&OD, Mount Vernon Trail, and the C&O! I now live where the BRP and Skyline Drive meet. You're right, Skyline Drive isn't quite as up-and-down as the BRP, but the southern section of the Drive near me still throws me curveballs! Neighbor and fellow TE'er IFJane used the central and southern sections of Skyline Drive and the northernmost stretch of the BRP to train for the Triple Bypass (Colorado) a couple of years ago. Some of her training, of course, involved long, steep climbs out of the valley to get UP to the Drive/Parkway---I was in awe!