2 weeks ago tuesday, I went with a friend down pipeline again from my house, but we went way past where I have gone before. We did pipeline to these little windy rocky trails (looks like the pipeline road is blocked here for a bit), then back on pipeline up to Lower Oldham. Lower Oldham back down to Buffalo Park has a really fun downhill part at the start, then a long uphill with a bunch of rock obstacles (well, they are obstacles to me). We went across the new pedestrian bridge before splitting up to head home, cruising down that hill by the high school was pretty fun too. Took around an hour altogether I think... was good fun. I went and did this same ride on wednesday too... I think next time I will try to explore the other direction on Lower Oldham, up to the Mt. Elden lookout road to see how that is.
I've been swimming a few more times too. I think I only did 250m last sunday, but yesterday I went and did the 400m I planned to do.
I bought myself a digital camera yesterday because I want to start taking pictures as I explore around here. If the weather isn't too bad this afternoon (monsoon thunderstorms all week is the forecast) I want to drive up to Lockett Meadow, and take the bike out on the inner basin trail.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Pipeline Trail and the Pool
Got back out the last couple days. On sunday I hit the pipeline trail (which is right behind the house)... trying to ride up to Buffalo Park. I got very tired very quickly, but still made it further on this trail than I have before. I took the next "exit" down to the street... and this was not very far from where I started.
Yesterday I went to take a swim at the pool. I Swam for about 20 minutes, did around 8 50meter laps. It felt pretty good, I think I will try to do more swimming.
Yesterday I went to take a swim at the pool. I Swam for about 20 minutes, did around 8 50meter laps. It felt pretty good, I think I will try to do more swimming.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Campbell Mesa
I've decided to start mountain biking more regularly.... there are too many good trails around here to let my bike (and body) just sit around.
So, sunday I went to Campbell Mesa to check out the loops. I rode the longest one (Campbell Mesa loop... 4.9 miles). It was pretty fun, and I think about as tough a workout as I could handle at this point (which is to say, not a very tough workout). The loop is a singletrack trail that curves through the trees on the mesa. It has a few very small hills, and not too many rocky parts, so was pretty quick and fun. I think it took me around 45 minutes (I didn't really pay close attention).
Monday, I was still feeling pretty good, so I thought I'd go do the second smallest loop (Walnut Canyon loop). However, as soon as I got on my bike and started riding to the trailhead from the parking lot.... I was worked. I hadn't been sore, so I thought I was good to go, but I could tell right away it was worse than I thought. I changed my plan and did the much shorter Sinagua loop (1.9 miles). Since I started off tired, this was plenty. This loop seemed to have more rocky sections and turns, and a fun downhill part at the end that has some little rolling bumps.
I bought the Cosmic Ray arizona trails book a while ago... and I plan to stick to the "easy" ones for a while until I get a bit of wind back. There are a lot of other trails that sound fun (a big loop around Mt. Elden, Dry Lake Hills, etc).. but I think I need to get a bit more fit and a bit more practice on the bike before attempting those.
So, sunday I went to Campbell Mesa to check out the loops. I rode the longest one (Campbell Mesa loop... 4.9 miles). It was pretty fun, and I think about as tough a workout as I could handle at this point (which is to say, not a very tough workout). The loop is a singletrack trail that curves through the trees on the mesa. It has a few very small hills, and not too many rocky parts, so was pretty quick and fun. I think it took me around 45 minutes (I didn't really pay close attention).
Monday, I was still feeling pretty good, so I thought I'd go do the second smallest loop (Walnut Canyon loop). However, as soon as I got on my bike and started riding to the trailhead from the parking lot.... I was worked. I hadn't been sore, so I thought I was good to go, but I could tell right away it was worse than I thought. I changed my plan and did the much shorter Sinagua loop (1.9 miles). Since I started off tired, this was plenty. This loop seemed to have more rocky sections and turns, and a fun downhill part at the end that has some little rolling bumps.
I bought the Cosmic Ray arizona trails book a while ago... and I plan to stick to the "easy" ones for a while until I get a bit of wind back. There are a lot of other trails that sound fun (a big loop around Mt. Elden, Dry Lake Hills, etc).. but I think I need to get a bit more fit and a bit more practice on the bike before attempting those.
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