Plenty of brown leaves on the ground.
In the first 5 miles there were a couple wet puddles to be found but it was overall pretty good. The woods felt more like fall than spring. Lots of brown and not much green.
Spring has not yet sprung.
There were a few other cars in the parking lot with bike racks but the only people I encountered on the trail were runners. Arriving at the covered bridge there were lots of parked cars and people hiking about. It was a nice afternoon to be outside.
As I started up the Mt. Doom climb I realized it was going to be a challenge on the single speed. Seems I should have packed some food to go with my water. I kept it going the whole way but had some slow speed, low cadence pedal grinding along the way. I was glad to make it around all the switchbacks without stalling.
Trailhead B.
At the second trail head I reached the closed section of trail and rode out to SR97. I probably would have been wise to take the road back to the parking lot and been satisfied for the day, but I turned up the park road and got back on the trail at mile 19.
Good thing for glasses or this would've
been a direct pupil shot of mud!
The next four miles were tough. I was pretty worn down and without energy; I might even call it a mini bonk. Why didn't I bring food? Not sure. Oh well, it was still a good roll through the woods. The rigid singlespeed mostly kicked my butt. I was probably not riding very efficient either, as my handling skills seemed to be absent today. I limited the damage and arrived back to the car glad for the ride!
Worn out legs!
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