The Creeper Trail

Well it wasn't training but it was tons of fun on a bike for 17 miles. Yesterday we took a group of to do the Virgina Creeper Trail...let me just tell you I've never planned so much for something that took only 4 hours haha. It was frustrating at times but in the end it was a blast. We got a very late start due to Sam's work schedule but it worked out great, Kelly had made reservations at 4 and we got there right before then. The group was large, 10 to be exact, and it was a logistical nightmare to get 10 bikes up but it was worth it. I should probably just go into logistics cause in the end it worked out early. We finished the trail just...I mean just as it got dark. It was a great way to spend the afternoon outside. I looked back at our pictures on facebook and I realized how time truly flew by, but I remember it being so much fun. The whole trip to Kingsport and Damascus was fun in general though from arriving at the Y and joking around to getting back to church to hear about Joel's bike falling off the back of Clay's car. Ah such a funny story although I kept giggling in church a whole lot haha, I wish we were behind them when it happened cause it'd be so funny. It was fun getting to hang out at the Fairweather's house too, dang when we come to Kingsport they never let us go hungry! They weren't even there but still had food waiting for us. When I was a kid I would get really bored at places that weren't Knoxville, but lately the past years I've grown to love smaller cities, I love having the feeling of getting away from the business of Knoxville life. Just like the brewery trip this summer it wasn't the actual destination that was the most fun it was the trip as a whole, you always end up having great stories. I can't wait to do the Virgina Creeper again...its a great day trip or even one night trip. Since this is a tri blog eh...somewhat I might as well throw in some future training. In the future I would love to try it as a brick workout of some sort, maybe bike up the mountain then run down it, or try the whole thing to Abington...ok thats my tri insert for this blog. Done!




Oh yeah late update: I've decided that anybody that goes on the Creeper trail ends up getting some kind of diseases and you end up saying creepy things that can't be repeated...I'm just saying! So far I've seen 4 cases yesterday and today.