1+1+1=?

It may be a simple arithmetic problem, but it is a more complicated answer than it appears.

I rode three different bike rides today.  All three totaled amounted to less than one normal ride. The first was an undulating 23 mile route on Vashon Island on our way to a Cascade Bicycle Club Ride Around Washington wrap up lunch/meeting.  I rode it slow and easy, staying back with some who were having issues with the hills. Following lunch I took the ferry back to the mainland and following the short commute back to my pickup ended up with 25 miles with just over 2500 ft of climbing.



Ride two started from Aaron's Bicycle Repair in West Seattle as it does on every full moon.  This too was a very leisurely pedal.  It was a short ride of only 10 miles. It was in a new area for me so it was okay.This group was a very casual group. Signals at turns were rare, helmets were not the norm, and lights were more festive than functional.

 The third ride of the day started at 10PM from UW and traversed a 14 mile figure eight in the Seattle area, taking in many of the city's high points for great views under the full moon. This ride was a Cascade Bicycle Club sanctioned event, and the riders were better reflectorized and lit, and all had helmets.  :-)

  We paused on the top of Queen Ann hill with a view of Seattle long enough to take a few photos and eat some snacks we had carried.  Not the powerbars and granola often found on rides, but cheese, crackers, and home baked cookies!

We had arrived at the top of Queen Anne without riding any steep grades, a marvel of routing by our ride leader.


We finished up late (or early depending on how you look at it) and it was going to be a short night before having to be on the way to Kitsap Color Classic.

It was a fun day despite the low miles, or maybe because of the low miles!

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