North County Trailway

Bike- 85K. Went on a longish ride up in Westchester yesterday on an old railway line that's been converted to a multi-use trail (think Rails-to-Trails Conservancy). It's been one of our favorite rides for the past couple of years now. Traditionally, we drive up to the trail but since we were meeting some other people and are looking to sell our car, we decided to do it the car-free way. We started the day by riding from Qns over the 59th St. Bridge to Grand Central where we took the train to Tarrytown. There's an evil hill that you have to go up on the way to the trailhead but once you're past there it's smooth sailing on a lovely paved path through the (much cooler) woods. Managed get some anaerobic work in on a long straightaway that's on the street (Rte 100). Then it was back to the train and Grand Central then over the bridge to Qns. An otherwise lovely day was marred by a very unfortunate run-in with a doomed chipmunk. I won't elaborate beyond that.

Today will focus more on rest and recovery. Yoga this afternoon followed by some time on the bike trainer will round out my day.