{"id":315,"date":"2014-03-09T08:11:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professorontherun.wordpress.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2015-06-12T14:06:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T20:06:54","slug":"blasting-my-legs-on-my-bike-as-i-rest-my-ankle-for-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Blasting my Legs on my Bike as I Rest my Ankle for Running"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I noticed\u00a0 a couple weeks ago when I went for a short 4 mile run on the BST above Farmington was that after taking a full month off to rest my injured ankle, I was OUT OF SHAPE. Actually, its scary how fast I had lost my lungs, legs, and overall endurance – not that I had much to begin with. My ankle is feeling a lot better, but I don’t want to chance reinjuring it. So, in hopes of keeping my overall fitness going, I jumped on my mountain bike today to head for the hills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I made it about a mile from my house when I realized I had forgotten my water.\u00a0 Turned back, got it, started again. I had thought about driving to Farmington Pond and starting from there – saving my legs the 2.5 street miles to get there, but was too lazy to load my bike up in the car.\u00a0 So – streets it was. The climb up Farmington Canyon Road was slow and hard.\u00a0 Man, I’m out of shape. I was happy that I didn’t really have to stop at all, but I creeped along pretty slow as I climbed about 1,300 ft. straight with out stopping from the turn off onto E 600 N (from W 600 N), up to N 100 E, and from there up the Canyon Road proper. The steepest sections are the pavement climb up to the first switchback.\u00a0 After that the dirt road is harder to ride on, but not as steep – so it was a bit easier going.\u00a0 I didn’t make it too far up – only about 2.5 miles up the canyon. This made me wish that I hadn’t started at my house and had instead parked at the Pond.\u00a0 Oh well.<\/p>\n

On the way down I quickly realized that my brakes were busted.\u00a0 I had adjusted them before leaving, but apparently didn’t do it right.\u00a0 That made for an interesting, and sometimes terrifying descent. They worked, but not well.\u00a0 When I hit the left turn off for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, I decided to get a little actual trail miles on.\u00a0 I grew up mountain biking on the trails of Galbraith Mt. in Bellingham, WA – some of the best trails in the world. The BST is a bit of a let down.\u00a0 And, getting run off the BST multiple times by 4-wheelers and motorcycles was not great. At Steed Creek, I hung a right and hit a short section of actual single track, then hit the streets and made my way home.<\/p>\n

15.2 miles in 1:43, average speed 8.8 mph, max speed 32.9 mph, 1,693 ft. elevation.<\/a><\/p>\n

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