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Originally posted by apeman
good thread  also congratulations to you both ... i like running but i prefer a mountain bike
i did a 3 hour 25 mile bike ride on Monday. in the rain. i got up this bitch of a hill without having to get off, even though my bike is in poor shape. i went down a bitch of a track without falling over, even though it was made up of rocks. i made it back even though i was cold and wet and tired, and had done a 10 mile ride the previous day
damn i'm good
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Cool.
That "I made it back even though I was cold and wet and tired" part reminded me of a bike ride in college. Several of us went out one day lead by a guy really familiar with the area. For those that know the New Brunswick, NJ area, we went from Rutgers' Busch campus over to Washington Rock which is a bitch of a climb. It was a really great ride so a couple of days later I decided to do it again alone.
I left around 3pm while it was still nice and light outside. Figured I'd easily be back before dark. Ended up getting lost but was enjoying myself so kept going. Washington Rock is somewhere in the Plainfield area and I went right through it and South Plainfield, Westfield, Clark, Elizabeth, and finally ended up outside Rahway State Prison. I knew I was north and east of New Brunswick so I started taking whatever roads led me south and west. Finally, around 9:30 I ended up in Edison. It was pitch dark and I came across a guy walking his dog. I nearly scared him to death when I came up and asked him how to get back to the school. He gave me some half assed directions (or I only half assed heard him) and I was off in the right direction. Finally around 10:45 I came across a familiar area and headed for home. Walked in the door to my dorm at 11:30. It was a crazy ride that took me through some really bad neighborhoods. In total I must have traveled a hundred miles. Of course, that was when I was crazy into working out for the Marine Corps.