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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Update on Bike Tour

The dates for the ride will be September 7, 8 and 9.

Big Cottonwood Loop

I'm planning to ride the Big Cottonwood loop this Sunday. It should be about 25 miles with some hills. If you wish to join, meet me in the Fresh Market parking lot on 2100 S. & 2300 E. @ 9:00 AM.

Map

Friday, February 4, 2011

Three Parks Tour: Wednesday, September 7, through Friday, September 9

I am proposing doing a bike tour beginning in Capital Reef NP and finishing in Zions NP. This is probably the most scenic stretch of road anywhere in Utah. The trip will be about 200 miles, broken into three days.

First Day, Wednesday, September 7: Capital Reef Visitor's Center to Escalante, Utah (66 miles). Lunch in Boulder, Ut, break at the Kiva Koffeehause.

Second Day, Thursday, September 8: Escalante to Bryce Canyon NP (45 miles). Add an extra 36 miles if we do the scenic drive in Bryce.

Third Day, Friday, September 9: Bryce Canyon to Zions NP (87 miles). Extra if we ride Zion Canyon.

Map:
The dates for this ride will be Wednesday, September 7 through Friday, September 9. If you are interested in this adventure, please contact Mark @ m.marzolf@hotmail.com and we can work out the dates and logistics.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Biking in Provence

We have just finished our second day of biking in Provence. One more day to go!

Today was a day of many miles (including a side trip to Les Baux,intentional, and retracing 5 miles of our route twice, looking for a turn). All in all, we rode about 50 miles. Not much, you say, but we're riding big, heavy bikes with fat tires. Top speed on the flats is at most 11 mph.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Cycle Salt Lake Century

So yesterday, I rode the Cycle Salt Lake Century. All 105 miles of it! I averaged 17 mph, which is very good for me. Including breaks, it took about 7 hours.

I rode with Bob D., his son, Adam, and Adam's wife, Christine. I'm afraid they were all stronger riders than me, especially after my left knee pretty much gave out after 45 miles. But they were fun to ride with, and we chatted pretty much the whole way.

And the weather was perfect! Sunny, but not too hot, and the wind, what little there was, didn't pop up till late in the ride.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

80 Miles Ride

Here is the proposed route for Sunday's ride:

Salt Lake to Syracuse

Give it a try!
Stupid weather! Because of rain/snow and winds on Sunday, I didn't ride. I DID go to the gym and rode the spin cycle for two hours. Ugh.

On Monday, though we rode up Emigration to "The Wall." Apparently the woman who used to live there did a lot of tile work, hand painting and setting tiles inside and outside the house. We had always wondered. There was a strong wind blowing up the canyon, so it was almost as hard going down as it was going up. I hate wind.

Sunday, I'm scheduled to do an 80-miler with some friends. We'll basically ride from home to Syracuse and back. It would be nice if the weather cooperates!