Walked from friends new house to church's disc golf course. Went well for being rusty until buddy hit a tree and lost one in a swamp. I went after it but afterningot waist deep I decided to come back after things dry up a bit.
>1600 likes! This week, without ads targeting likes (only promoting attendance at the event itself), we got as many new likes (+15) as we were getting as the first pro-like ad was kind of petering out in effectiveness (initially it was good for 30 ish). Approaching critical mass to achieving a sustainable club???
Biking1:02:04 15.62 mi (15.1 mph) +36m ahr:145 max:164 slept:6.0 shoes: Long Haul Trucker
Interesting first ride in of the season.
Hines was closed, which was not surprising. I wondered if the maintenance folks who saw me would flag me down or make me stop, but they did not, even though two trucks did pass by when I was in the no go zone. My plan was to profess ignorance, and my assumption that closed meant "to cars".
I expect some flooding, so I had to dismount at Middlebelt, scramble up the embankment, cross Middlebelt, and drop back down.
What I didn't expect was to do that again at Inkster!
At Hines and Outer, well-intentioned folks flagged me through out of turn, but honestly I'd rather wait for my regular traffic spot, rather than jersey lefting and holding everyone up since I wasn't expecting to.
I think I could have been sub hour without those two hiccups. To make up time, I practiced my Idaho stop on Paul.
Of course, the biggest impediment to timely arrival was just not packing up efficiently - I need a process and/or checklist.
5 PM
Biking1:18:17 15.72 mi (12.0 mph) +135m ahr:135 max:157 shoes: Long Haul Trucker
Back home. Hines was still closed, but two cars drove it anyway, and more bikes than this morning. Much less water, I was able to stay on the road the whole time. Brief train delay in Plymouth.
Renamed flag pickup smoc-runs course to "intermediate lesson". Might be a great way for some quick and dirty coaching pairing up some solid folks with newer folks. Thanks KFish
Started Silver Lake ad but it's not being served! If it doesn't get served soon, I'll change the audience to more outreach. Did the last ad + 3300 reach photo album saturate the existing audience?