This past Saturday the PUMC Cycling Group took its first official ride of the year. Ken, Marie, Eric, and Tim were the participants. In order to provide the option of riding a shorter distance, we started at the state park in Channahon, rode about 3.5 miles to McKinley Woods, turned around and rode to where the I&M Canal Trail intersects the Rock Run, then headed back to our starting point in Channahon for a total distance of about 19 miles. The shorter distance options would have been to ride just from Channahon to McKinley Woods and back (7 miles), or from Channahon to the Rock Run and back (12 miles).
Nobody ended up riding the shorter distance this time, be we agreed that this strategy might be useful over the next month as some group members increase their distance ahead of our Utica trip, while others just want shorter rides with the group. We don't want to leave anyone out!
The trip log is provided in the links below:
