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alexiscartwheelToday I went riding on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail, and I definitely overdid it a bit. There's a trailhead several block from my house right around mile marker 10, and I made it my goal to get to mile 17. I ended up turning back two miles before that because I was already getting tired. The way back goes gradually uphill, so I was just exhausted by the time I got home. Apparently the fact that I could easily ride 15 miles last summer doesn't mean I can now when I'm all out of shape. Oops.
The trail is really nice though. It's paved and lined, and it's almost 45 miles long. In Arlington the W&OD trail hooks up with some other trails into the city. I'm nowhere near up to it now, but my goal is to get in good enough shaped that I can bike to the city and back. I should try to ride every day and work my way up to it... we'll see how that goes.
I do need to find a good bike shop around here. My brother is a mechanic, but I didn't get a chance to take my bike to him for a tune-up before I left. (My brother actually built my bike entirely out of spare parts. It's nothing too fancy, but it's a vast improvement on my old Huffy.) Of course, just the thought of looking for bike shops brings back bad memories of last years evil Dialog project. At least there won't be any spreadsheets involved.
The trail is really nice though. It's paved and lined, and it's almost 45 miles long. In Arlington the W&OD trail hooks up with some other trails into the city. I'm nowhere near up to it now, but my goal is to get in good enough shaped that I can bike to the city and back. I should try to ride every day and work my way up to it... we'll see how that goes.
I do need to find a good bike shop around here. My brother is a mechanic, but I didn't get a chance to take my bike to him for a tune-up before I left. (My brother actually built my bike entirely out of spare parts. It's nothing too fancy, but it's a vast improvement on my old Huffy.) Of course, just the thought of looking for bike shops brings back bad memories of last years evil Dialog project. At least there won't be any spreadsheets involved.
