Flying Out of the Gate!

6/18/10   
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It's going to be HOT this weekend (mid-upper 90's). Saturday morning I meet with my training group, it's about 5 of us, and we'll do 15 miles on the Natchez Trace Parkway. It is absolutely the best place to ride! Here is a quick history of the 444-mile parkway:

 Natchez Trace State Park is named for the famous "Natchez to Nashville" highway, an important wilderness road during the early 18th century. A western spur of The Trace ran through a portion of what is now the park. The park was built as part of President Roosevelt's "New Deal" program. The land was bought from residents who could no longer make a living farming the land because of extensive erosion problems.

 We'll pass over this bridge a couple times

And a lone ranger biking the Trace...





Sunday morning I'll get up and do a 4.2 mile trail run through Percy Warner Park with the East Nasties. What is an East Nasty you ask? Well it's a group of crazy people who ruuuuuun early, often, and whenever they can. They're certainly out of my league, but running with them will help improve my stamina. It's supposed to be 97 on Sunday... perhaps I'll wear a turban.

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