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         | Time: 02:27:13 | Route:
               SRT & Other | Distance:
            26.38 miles |  
         | Avg Speed: 
            10.75 mph | Max Speed:
            31.80 mph | Altitude Gain:
             1,058 ft |  
         | Blood Sugar: 0 mg/l | Terrain: Road: Hills | Bike: Trek Émonda ALR Road |  
     | Club: Clydesdales |  | Weather Conditions: Overcast to drizzle with temps from 62 to 61 degrees, humidity from 69 to 82%, and wind from 4 to 6 mph | 
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  | Today I took the Trek out for a spin.  I didn’t know if I had a quarter in me, so I was going to be satisfied with a bit.  I rode from home through the parks and headed by the Swamp Rabbit Cafe.  I stayed on the trail heading north but had a girl fly past me sitting upright on a cruiser.  I was riding about 15 mph and was laboring a little.  It looked like the front tube was wide, so it may have been an electric bike.  But it sure surprised me when she passed me like that.  I was about 1/2 mile south of Furman and came to a trail closing.  I don’t know the side streets there, so I took a guess at how to get around it.  I thought it would be about a mile detour, but it was a little over a mile and a half.  Once back on the trail I turned onto the Furman campus and did the Loop de Loop and exited on the north entrance.  From there I cut over to Roe Ford Road and crossed US 276 to bring Old Buncombe Road back into town.  I followed it then took a shortcut through the Sans Souci neighborhood to get back to the Cafe, but I took an extra turn and came out on Blue Ridge Drive about a quarter mile from the trail and a mile above the Cafe.  On Old Buncombe I ran into a drizzle for about 3 miles and had an old codger turn across the road and cut me off.  I also got crowded in the Old Buncombe and Sulphur Springs intersection by a young girl.  I have ridden Old Buncombe many times and never had any issues until today.  Once back on the trailI took my normal route home, although I had to get off and carry my bike on Furman Way because a cement truck took up the entire road. 
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