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So I went up to LincolnWoods for a little while a couple weeks back, the day before the snow. I am completely out of shape for mountain biking! I wrecked twice on easy stuff, and once on a hard section. I sort of forgot that newly fallen dry leaves are a zero traction surface. Sure, that's my excuse... My skills atrophied in the months I was away from actual challenging riding. Short of some stuff in Arcadia, there just isn't anything like Lincoln in the southern part of the state.

I think I only rode for 45 minutes or so, but I was shot... my lungs were burning. It was fun, though. I had a grin on my face the whole time, until the check engine light came on in my car on the way home... Gonna need to do something about that. That'll teach me to drive my car to go bicycling...

I set myself up with an indoor trainer yesterday, so hopefully I'll have better fitness by the time the ice goes away from the woods. I took my first indoor "ride" today, and it's definitely a workout. More sustained effort than outside, where you can coast. It's pretty boring though, so good tunes or a DVD or something are definitely in order.