The ride this afternoon was AWESOME… just like I expected.

We did a loop of the bike portion of the Bandit’s Triathlon course, and then I went off to explore on my mountain bike… <insert heart <3 here!>.

Sonni felt good today on the bike. Which means you have to pedal your heart out to stay on his wheel. And it also means that not many people are left in the group anymore.

It’s cool watching him ride, especially when he feels good. Sonni always bikes really smooth, but I could tell today he felt particularly good. I asked him at one point, “Hey Sonni… you feel good today?” He was like, “Oh yeah.” Ha, then the group got real small.

After one loop, I went over to the Dark Mountain Trails. They’re having a 24 hour race there tomorrow, so I just biked the loop they are going to be using for the race course. Those trails are SO awesome. They aren’t very technical, although it’s all single track and there are some rock gardens and really fun swooping downhills. It’s FAST and FUN!

Then I headed over and hit the Overmountain Victory Trail. I loved it. More fast downhills, swooping turns, and gentle switchbacks. There was an ocational obstacle but not very much.

I ended up riding my bike a lot longer than I really had planned on… much like my run this morning. I was too busy having fun to realize that I had been out that long.

I can’t wait to ride these trails again on Sunday!