Just got back from a great mountain biking day-trip to Whistler, with Nicole, R & W, C & W and R & V. Rather than spend $45 to get into the mountain bike park, we decided to stick to the FREE trails around Lost Lake, and to much of our surprise we were all quite impressed at how well the trails were groomed, and the terrain variety. The first part along the Tin Pants trail, started as a steady, but easy, climb upwards towards Lost Lake, before slowly descending down back towards the village. Caught some great sceneary, and a few, single-track downhill paths -- that challenged Nicole (a first time downhill biker) with her 10+ year old, almost-on-the-verge-of-being-a-classic, purple, Norco bike...but she made it. I think she deserves a new bike though -- maybe Xmas will come early, and Santa will buy one for her.
We also came across a nice "trick" park, where we could try different kinds of obstacles, including skinnys, ramps and a teeter-toter (sp??), which as you can see, I was able to do...but due to the beauty of digital pictures, you didn't see any of my two nasty falls. Ha ha. Makes for a sweet photo-opp though...eh?
R & V have been in training for this adventure race this September, from Vancouver to Whistler, consisting of biking, kayaking and running. Sounds like so much freakin' fun...and it just might be the one thing that could start motivating me to train on a more regular basis. I just might start training for something like this race in October, and then go for something like the Sea2Summit. We'll see...
5 comments:
Get Lost... and you did.
Well, sounds like a wonderful trip. If I were there, I would have just teeter-tottered on that trick ramp. and that's probably why you wouldn't have invited me.
All the best with your training, Cy! I'll be your encourager! I know you can do it!
Hi Nicole!
If you get a chance, you should try the bike park. It's loads of fun. All sorts of different kinds of trails and no need to ride uphill so you can get many runs down.
You'll have to try the legendary Aline...
(if you like berms and table tops)
What do you ride?
I ride a 2003 Norco Kokanee.
Oh, I've tried the bike park, but i found it a little too intimidating at times because everyone else seems so much faster than me, and they come flying down the trails, often nearly hitting me on the way. Every time i did a jump, i prayed that i wouldn't wipe out, for i'd probably cause a accident with all the others following me...
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