F-F-F-Falling
It is getting a bit colder and the leaves have started falling in earnest; saying that it was warm enough for shorts and t-shirts on 21 November. There have been a few snow showers in the mountains and it has been cold enough for them to make snow as well.
We took advantage of the warm weather to put my new mountain bike through it's paces. We went a short way round the beltway to Wakefield park and took a trip around Accotink lake which was relatively easy but good fun, especially the short steep slope by the dam. On the way back to the park we spotted a buck whitetail deer following a doe and although the female was slightly spooked the buck wasn't concerned about us and we were able to get very close. Helen then took a break and I burnt up some fast wooded singletrack before disappearing into the deep dark forest for some nervy, gnarly, rooty singletrack.
For Thanksgiving we started the day quite early as we were running in a 10k which started at 0800; way too early! It was cool but not cold for the race, but the route was along the Mount Vernon Trail which was a bit windy with lots of changes in gradient. The worst part was that the half way point was nearer to our house than the finish and I was tempted to let Helen bring the car back. After relaxing at home we went over to Vick and Dave's in Arlington to meet up with other's from the Rugby club for a proper Thanksgiving dinner.
The temperature dropped dramatically over night and after a quiet morning for me (Helen went to yoga) we popped out on the mountain bikes to search out places to ride off road. We covered quite a few miles and found a quiet small park with a windy woody circuit.
We took advantage of the warm weather to put my new mountain bike through it's paces. We went a short way round the beltway to Wakefield park and took a trip around Accotink lake which was relatively easy but good fun, especially the short steep slope by the dam. On the way back to the park we spotted a buck whitetail deer following a doe and although the female was slightly spooked the buck wasn't concerned about us and we were able to get very close. Helen then took a break and I burnt up some fast wooded singletrack before disappearing into the deep dark forest for some nervy, gnarly, rooty singletrack.
For Thanksgiving we started the day quite early as we were running in a 10k which started at 0800; way too early! It was cool but not cold for the race, but the route was along the Mount Vernon Trail which was a bit windy with lots of changes in gradient. The worst part was that the half way point was nearer to our house than the finish and I was tempted to let Helen bring the car back. After relaxing at home we went over to Vick and Dave's in Arlington to meet up with other's from the Rugby club for a proper Thanksgiving dinner.
The temperature dropped dramatically over night and after a quiet morning for me (Helen went to yoga) we popped out on the mountain bikes to search out places to ride off road. We covered quite a few miles and found a quiet small park with a windy woody circuit.
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