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Day 101 Green Thumper Troll Roll

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I went for my longest ride in about 100 days.  It was really fun.  I rode on single track trails, bike paths, dirt roads and paved roads.  I did it all. Blue Springs Road Bike on a Dam, Flint River Blue Springs Road Lake Chewhaw behind dam Flint River fishing spot Flint River fishing spot

Spring Into Mud

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I have not been riding my bike so much this week. My hammies were getting sore and i decided to back off for a few days. I have a history of doing things until I am exhausted so I do not want to burn out on biking. I have had a crazy project load and I was car pooling with a co-worker. Sometimes it is nice to take a break and rest up the legs so they can be ready for the long riding season.  I have been thinking about riding off road all week so when I got home I finally decided to go for a fun ride. Tonight after work I decided to test my Jekyll on some of the open spaces near my home.  Albany Georgia was built on swamp land.  It is so flat that developers dug deep holes and the low water table fills them up and they call them lakes.  Most neighborhoods have drainage channels running behind houses and some dump into large "retention ponds" or lakes. The ground here is so saturated with the recent rains that there are plenty of ...