Owners of a certain local cycling business encouraged participation in a fun early morning ride over the Churchill Downs to take a look at the track action on this Derby Day. I communicated said idea to Dave and we showed up, although the purveyors of the local cycling establishment which I've often visited did not show (they did answer texts).
Dave and I rode over easily; I felt like crap for some reason. Wine? Miles yesterday? Stomach? A bit over everything. We eventually bailed on a trip to the top of Iroquois. No, better said that *I* bailed on a trip to the top. We stopped at the Woodlawn Sunergos, but it wasn't open yet, so we rode a few more miles to the Preston Sunergos where a cup of the good stuff in combo with the fatty, sugary goodness of Nord's quickly improved the day.
After that, again slowly, we wynded through Audobon Pk to Breadworks where I bought scones for the crew and we both had more coffee. More goodness. I think we discussed a full 25 different bike projects which will never happen and generally spent an overly-early Saturday morning in excellent fashion.
Garmin
route here and pics below.
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| Post run bath |
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| Dawn...at the Downs. |
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| Morning sun reflecting off the large Churchill Downs addition. Too bad the spires are dwarfed by both "upgrades" and media platforms. |
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| Mas Amanecer |
2 comments:
Sounds like a good theme for an early morning ride to me. Morning treats, and collaboration of potential future bicycle projects, makes it a success.
Cool shots. Guess it's 'cause I'm not local, but I have a hard time understanding the whole holiday angle to this.
I like to avoid busy places like that but going early to see the setup seems like a great idea.
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