New Year, New Plan

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So, I have a new goal for biking. I'm going to ride the Erie to Pittsburgh trail, which passes through my hometown, to Pittsburgh; then I'm going to ride the Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh to Cumberland; and finally, I'm going to ride the Cumberland Trail to Maryland.

I have one year to prepare for this trip, and I'm starting now.

Today I did a "test ride." The weather was fair (for March) and I was able to ride about 8.5 miles, including a few significant hills. My average speed was about 9 MPH but the entire trip still took me about 1.05 hours.

There is a very large hill on this ride and I had to go all the way down to my #1 Chain Ring and my #1 sprocket for the entire distance of the hill.

Goal #1: Ride this hill in something hire than 1:1.
Goal #2: Increase average speed to 10 MPH (consistently.)
Location: Franklin, PA 16323, USA

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