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  | Ride Stats |  | 
    
      
      
         | Time: 01:23:20 | Route:
               Swamp Rabbit Trail | Distance:
            16.03 miles |  
         | Avg Speed: 
            11.54 mph | Max Speed:
            0.00 mph | Altitude Gain:
             0 ft |  
         | Blood Sugar: 0 mg/l | Terrain: Road: Hills | Bike: Gary Fisher Rail Road |  
     | Club: Clydesdales |  | Weather Conditions: | 
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  | Today I rode to Cleveland Park for Ken's Sunday ride.  Five of us left the zoo and headed up the trail - Ken, Jason, Curtis, Bill D, and me.  Ken and I both told Bill that we had been missing him.  I figured today's ride would tax me since I am considerably slower than the rest of these guys.  Jason took off setting the pace.  I was hanging on until we came to a railroad crossing.  The train had just crossed and the first three made it across then Ken beat a car going across, but I was trapped.  I spent the next mile chasing those guys down.  They stopped at the cafe for Curtis to take a nature break and I took off ahead of them.  Once I was out there I set a pretty good pace for the next 4 miles, but when we started climbing at Furman Jason and Curtis passed me.  I rode into TR with BIll and Ken while Jason and Curtis went on out.  We stopped at the Forrest where I had a cup of coffee and a white chocolate chip cookie.  I also bought one for Cis.  Steve and Ron were there waiting to talk to us.  We chatted for a while then BIll said tha he had to get going, so we left.  Ken and Bill were chatting as we left TR, but about a mile and a half out I started feeling every bump in the road.  I slwed down and felt the back tire and it was flat.  Ken and Bill had gone ahead and I didn't feel like changing inner tubes, so I called Cis to come pick me up.  Shortly after calling Cis my phone rang and it was Ken wondering where I was.  I told him that I had flatted out and tha Cis was on her way to pick me up.  If I had stayed and changed the inner tube, it would have been dark before I made it home.  That is my 5th flat in 5 1/2 years on this bike and over 16K miles. 
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