Nose to the grindstone 2025

[thatguy]

I rode my bicycle to/from the office today. It's around 7miles each way. To work is great. It's wasn't too cold and, tho you may not notice, it's a gradual downhill slope from MVHS to Moffett Field. I took Mary almost the entire way, from what used to be the Oaks, across the 280 per bridge, all the way to Maude.

On the way back, I knew it was going to be hotter, so I decided to try the Steven's Creek Trail. It follows the creek, has high walls to block road noise, has no car traffic...all good, but to catch the connection, I had to go about a mile west before I could start south. And, despite the Friends Of efforts, it only goes to just south of El Camino, so I had to take Knickerbocker -> Bernardo -> Fremont -> Belleville -> Homestead -> Foothill Blvd -> Steven's Creek Blvd before I could pick up the next leg, past the Blue Pheasant, past the BlackBerry Farm golf course and thru the picnic areas to my street. Foothill and that last street are fuckers. The entire return trip is a gradual uphill climb and this route accentuates it with some ped bridge ramps. It was hot out, around 85. It took me over an hour to get home. Put everything away, took a shower, and am now ready to eat all the calories I might have burned off and more.

I don't think I'll do it again tomorrow. Tomorrow seems like motorcycle weather...

--tg