Saturday Ride

Rode today with a friend to Kensington Metro Park via Proud Lake 2 track, dirt roads and the multi use path that starts in Milford.  Saw some pretty cool stuff out there.

This truck was modified so it could travel on the railroad tracks.  It was loading up a bunch of railroad ties.

There was some type of horse event going on at Proud Lake.  The place was packed with people and horses.  I don't know a lot about horses, but I know they tend to get spooked by bikes.  The few we passed handled it pretty well.

We stopped briefly in Kensington.  It did not smell so great near the water.  Lot's of dead carp floating in the water.  They, and the smell, were there last weekend too.

Yep, I forgot to charge the battery.

The multi use path from Milford to Kensington is awesome.  Smooth, open and with a little roll to it.

Cross Training

Our new dog Foster has a lot of energy.  When he went to our vet last week, she classified him as an athlete - a statement that I thought was awesome - and she said that we had to make sure to run him.  So when this afternoon rolled around, and I had an opening in my schedule, I had 2 options.  Option 1: Do nothing and let my body recover from all of the riding I did last week.  Or Option 2: Burn some calories and energy with the athlete.  I choose the latter.

If you look at the above picture you may notice 2 things.  The first is the snow.  The photo is from about 2 weeks ago on our first running experiment.  The second is my footwear choice.  While Foster may need to run, I don't.  I actually don't care for it at all.  But I do like to rollerblade.  So that's what we did.  Me on skates and him on trotting paws.  We got about 10 minutes of easy running in for him, and 10 minutes of inner and outer thigh work for me.  I plan to pick it up slowly and gradually, just like you would for a human, and I think in the not too distant future I can have him running 20 minutes at a time several days a week.

-Jason