FDA 5 - Merton and Vince

This last weekend sent me around my usual 20 mile training loop twice on Saturday:

Capital Crescent Trail to Rock Creek, then down to Georgetown under the Whitehurst Freeway, and then back out the C & O Canal trail back to Bethesda

I know every inch of the way, having ridden that route probably 200 times in the last 3 years. During the second trip around this loop I was accompanied by 12-year-old son, Vince. He has gotten very speedy especially compared to the first time he completed this loop when he was six years old.

On Sunday both of us went out to Shaeffer Farms in Germantown for some mountain biking--Vince's favorite activity these days. Shaeffer Farms has a wonderful 2-3 mile loop that goes through the forest and along bean fields with many challenging ups and downs and trail obstacles such as overhanging trees and log jumps. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a decent mountain biking venue that is close-in to Washington.

Vince and I are busy planning a week-long vacation to Maine and Vermont later this month to do some more mountain biking and hiking. This will get us in better condition for the September Century Ride with Potomac Pedalers near Berryville, Virginia. And hopefully it will be a little cooler by that time! Everyone needs to keep hydrated in the kind of weather we have been having for the last few days. More about the New England trip later.

Merton