Training Log Archive: cedarcreek

Cycling on one of the bike paths in Dayton. From Eastwood Metropark to the Main Street overpass in Moraine, near the old Cooper Tire factory. A little farther than last time, and I'm pretty sure much faster.



And I *finally* got to see the Five Rivers Fountain spraying *from up close*. w00t! It was pretty cool. I actually rode through a sheet of falling water and it felt great. (Hot one today.)

I replaced my brake pads last night, and I put good ones on the front and cheap ones on the back. It was an attempt at not buying two expensive sets and finding they didn't fit. The results of the experiment show that the good ones are awesome, and the cheap ones suck, even though the good ones aren't even contacting the full surface of the rim---They'll need to wear in a bit. But I'll be buying another set of the good ones.

I again rode the folding clown bike. There is a definite speed penalty, but for convenience and training it's just awesome. I had another new creaking sound pop up, and I kept looking trying to localize the source, and using my foot to touch various bits that might be moving, but I couldn't figure it out.



Well, just after the turn-around, I stopped a few times to move the seat back up (long story), and as I started from a dead stop, my pedal foot *BOOM* hits the ground, I almost crash, and my pedal goes skidding across the bike path. My geek brain thought, "Crap, I broke a pedal shaft! How impossible is that?", and then I realized the pedal wasn't broken---it had just unscrewed itself from the crank ***and I hadn't noticed***. So---geek fail. Luckily, I had a little Park 32mm/15mm headset/pedal wrench in my bag. (The 15mm fits the axle nuts---I never expected to need a pedal wrench, and this bike's headset doesn't use a 32mm.) Anyway, the crank threads weren't too boogered up, and after a few tries and a bloody fingertip, the pedal went on nicely. Oh, and I checked the other side, and it was loose too.

Rode the entire length of a small bikepath off of 129 east of Hamilton. It is three sort of linear parks connected by a fairly short bikepath, with a few extra spurs. The three parks (west to east) are Reserves Park, Fort Liberty Playland, and Wetlands Park. There are two entrances to Wetlands, East and West.

Neat little ride. Would make a decent run, and in Wetlands park there are a few wide dirt paths (that I did not ride) that loop from the paved bikepath.

These might be worth mapping for small orienteering events.

Butler Co Bike Paths (pdf) Click Liberty Township, then look at the existing section near the words "Van Gordon Rd".

{Edit:} It looks to me that the easiest access to this bike path is off of the 747 exit. Go north to the first road that goes east from 747: Grandin Ridge Drive. About 1/2 way down that road on the right there is an extra driveway with a tiny green "Reserves Park" sign. If you're going east on 129, it's about 2 minutes off the road. The website calls it a "pocket park".

ARDF at the Turkey Ridge area of East Fork SP.

Partial track. GPS had trouble finding satellites, plus I was kinda low on battery.

More distance later. Probably did 8 or 9 km for the day, mostly walking, but I'm exhausted.

Event: OCIN - Miami University East Quad
 

Miami University East Quad, Sprint 3 set by Mike Minium.

A lot of fun. Really nice use of the map.

Started slow and got faster.

Quck ARDF at MU East Quad. We each set different transmitters, so there is no need to find the one(s) you set; so everyone ran a different course. (Hey, it's practice).

A lot of fun, although 2 Ts got placed very close together. It was a little surprising.

OCIN_MUEQ_Course 3 - Splits