Alright, here are the three days:
Day 1:
https://www.strava.com/activities/448533753
Day 2:
https://www.strava.com/activities/448881830
Day 3:
https://www.strava.com/activities/449734147
Day three recap goes as follows: After a packed Saturday consisting of a 30 mile am ride, fence install at my buddies and Saturday Evening Xmas party I was surprisingly up at 5am. After a relaxed coffee and breakfast I slowly packed up and headed out at 6:30am. Weather was solid, the beach had little to no wind and I made it from the Manasquan River to Sandy Hook in under two hours. Once there I decided to tour Sandy Hook, which I usually am not a fan of as it tends to be cold and windy. 25 miles to Sandy Hook with a 13 miles loop in Sandy Hook
Once out I headed into Hartshorne at just under 40 miles and ran into
@rustynuts , nice meeting you! I knew sitting around Hartshorne and climbing in the rocks would eat up a good amount of energy so I decided to bomb down the fireroad and head to Huber, while doing so I ran into Mrs. G. Out to Huber for a quick cut through to make my way to ride the downhill trails at Tatum.
The roads to Tatum went easier than I expected, as I know some are tight and heavily trafficked. What I was most shocked by was the ease I have climbing them, two years back they would have been a nightmare. Once in Tatum I was actually having fun until the cranks started to come apart. I needed a 8mm and 10mm to tighten them, which I didn't have, so the move was to hit a road and find someone working on a car or a service shop. Using my phone I looked at the satellite photo and saw I was 1/2 mile from Holland Road, once there I saw a homeowner installing a trailer hitch, score! He had what I needed and I was on my way.
Off to Thomson park to see some Dawn Redwoods I installed some years back, nice! Post this I was hoping for Pizza, but no one had slices ready, so I settled for a bagel and headed for Allaire. To throw a wrench in the ride, I took the train tracks from the Collingswood Circle to just outside of the Manasquan Reservoir, it was nice to finally see what was down there. Once out of the reservoir, I was at 80 miles. Time to head to Allaire.
Once in the park I decided to ride some trails and cruised for 10 miles hoping to run into some familiar faces, but no luck, it was getting to be time for food and beer, so I took the long way home.
All in all, good ride. If I stuck to the road I am confident I could have gotten 130 miles in with ease. I had a bit more light left, but decided to go home and relax for a bit.
Food was as follows:
Breakfast -2 eggs and an ounce of oats
Four packs of cliff blocks
One Clif Bar
One Manhattan Bagel with cream Cheese
I did have a solid base of food from the night before.
Looking forward to what next weekend brings.
Song of the Day - Sevendust - Black