Since I got to decide what we would do yesterday, I let Greg decide what we would do today. He chose a bike ride on the Virginia Capital Trail.
To say that I was unenthused would be an understatement. The weather today was chilly, windy, and often cloudy. I did not relish freezing my butt off on a bike ride. But off we went anyway.
Honestly? The Virginia Capital Trail makes for a boring bike ride. The scenery consists of fields and woods, and the part we rode on ran parallel to the highway, so there was a fair amount of road noise. Maybe if the weather had been better, I would have enjoyed it more.
If you’re training for a bike race, it would be a good place to practice. Other bikers were rare. We encountered no other bikers going the same direction as we were, and few going in the other. The terrain is mostly flat, and the trail is well-maintained. But it was pretty boring.
We found a picnic table along the way and stopped for lunch.
In total, we road just over 25 miles. Since I wasn’t feeling particularly well when we started out, I used the bike’s battery assist the entire way and let the bike do most of the work — at least until we turned around to head back. At that point, I really pushed it because I was cold and eager to get back to our campsite.
In the end, I was pretty proud of my stats. The calories burned stat is inaccurate, since the bike did more work than I did. But hey, pedaling is still exercise, right?
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