Riding and Hiking – BionicOldGuy

Lots of riding this last week plus I did my first hiking in a while. Last Thursday I did my morning strength workout followed by a short local ramble. Friday was a bike and hike in Harvey Bear County Park. I rode down to San Martin to the park then went up the Harvey Bear trail which runs into Willow Springs trail. I rode these most of the way to the top where Willow Springs trail intersects Coyote Ridge trail. There are nice views of Coyote Lake from there. I then returned via Coyote ridge which eventually intersects Harvey Bear, which I took down, then rode home. I rode as much as I could on these sections and hiked, pushing the bike, wherever riding was not comfortable because it was too steep or the trail was too squirrely. This was the first time I had hiked in quite some time, and I was pleased that my SI joint did not act up at all. The next day I did a local easy recovery ride. Sunday I did a long loop through San Martin, down to Rucker ave in Gilroy and back. This was at a brisk pace, with some intervals and on-bike strength training thrown in. On Monday I did my morning strength workout followed by an easy recovery ride. Tuesday was with my group, and we rode up into the hills Southwest of Morgan Hill, then followed the bike path in Gilroy out to its end at the sports complex. We then rode the path back to Santa Teresa boulevard which we took back to Morgan Hill, against a strong headwind on the way back. Yesterday I rode out into the country to the Northwest of town.

Last Thursday’s ride posted on Strava hereLast Friday hereSaturday hereSunday hereMonday hereTuesday hereYesterday here.