Around Town

I've been sneaking in a few rides through town the last few days. My wife and I went on a nice ride Wednesday morning, though I had the misfortune to hit one of the only muddy patches on the greenway at an angle and *Ka-Wham!* went down. No major damage done, just a scraped knee and 2 elbows.

My bike riding since then has been to my in-laws for a nice dinner, and over to my brother in-law's to help with his packing to move. No distance of real significance but it's kept my legs limber.

Rain

Atrocious weather the last few days have kept me off the bike. I can feel sluggishness building up in my bones. Day off tomorrow, so I will squeeze in a ride no matter the temp.

Leisure time thoughts

The previous picture was taken at the Stone's River National Battlefield, which is on a short extension of our greenway. A detailed account of the battle is here. There are historic markers related to this battle all along the length of the Murfreesboro Greenway.

Our family went for a ride last evening down The Chason Lane extension. Our son had to, as is customary, stop at the playground near the terminus. This area is usually pretty calm, but there was a kid's birthday party happening and the kids were going nuts.

There seems to be a mini fitness boom overtaking Murfreesboro. We see increasing numbers of people walking, jogging, biking on "our" greenway. If this disturbing trend continues you'll hardly be able to maintain 10 mph for the length of the path. Dang it. Why can't folks just stay at home and use their Wii Fits and frag on their Playstations? If folks really want to get radical, they can auction off their electronic devices and buy bikes to ride downtown. I'll be the first to give them safe riding classes.

Ride at Dusk

I'm working the night shift for a few days at work. We are revamping my department and this can't happen during daytime hours. This makes working in a ride more challenging.

Went out at 6:30 this evening after a delicious meal featuring tilapia cooked by my wife. The greenway was busier than I expected, but still not bad at all compared to a Saturday or Sunday. Put in 13.5 miles including a trip through town. Cool this evening, perfect for riding, temps in the low 60's.

Catching Up

Had a family ride last evening. Good weather starting out, but it got chilly when the sun went down. I had to buy a new blinkie and some batteries in expectation of this ride, We put in about 10 miles.

I rode solo this afternoon. I thought my son would trail-a-bike with me, but he preferred going shopping with his mommy. What?!

Put in 20 miles, but had to stop a few times for various reasons:

There was a minor obstruction on the path early in the ride



but also a way around it



I saw a turkey



Then a couple of eldery ladies who thought they could drive on the greenway.

Cool Morning

I realize as I write this that these blogs are more of a journal for recording of ride mileage and conditions. Oh well. If anyone finds this the least bit interesting, it would be surprising to me.

I did 10 quick miles this morning before I had to go in for work. There were quite a few joggers and runners on the greenway, I know some of them are in their taper down phase for the Nashville marathon and half. I always give pedestrians a wide berth, but it can be irritating when people walk/jog 3 abreast and take up the whole path. Our greenway regulations explicitly state that no more that 1/2 the path should be occupied by one group of people or bikes. I actually had a group thank me for shouting "on your left" as I approached from behind. Did they think I would just run them down? I'm not a barbarian.

Night Quickie

8 miles this evening. There was some political event ending at the town square as I passed through. I didn't see a single person on a bike. I know most of these people live 5 miles or less from downtown.