Another Reason to Love FYV

So breaking out the old TREK to get some knee and ankle relief has gotten me out into the Fayetteville trail system. Walking from the house in the past had put Raven and parts of Mud Creek on my map, and the longer walks began to put some of the really nature trail like parts of trails into reach. Driving by for years, gee, that just looks like it runs through a bunch of mess.

For my local followers, if you haven't taken advantage, you are really missing out. For example, our trail system has tunnels. Who knew? The monstrously long one that runs under the Fulbright Expressway Is a little scary, and I see how folks may want to use the land bypass. Scull Creek runs along the edge of the UA AgriPark Cross County Course. And once they rebuild the connector through the Dickson Street area, it will get easy to reach some of the very forest like parts of Frisco.

Now I made the run again today, and survived much better. Hey, guess what - even if you grew up riding in high humidity north Louisiana - you're a old fat guy trying to get back in cycling shape during a heat advisory. And good Samaritan at UBC who stopped to see if the guy lying under the tree was OK, truth be told, if you showed up five minutes earlier, I might have admitted to being in some heat prostration trouble.

Funny how years in the toe clips built up a ton of muscle memory, and efficient cycling learned with the old LAW techniques come back quickly.

When we moved to Fayetteville, I gave up riding because the roads were narrow and the drivers, well, they flat out didn't respect cyclists. The trails system go a long way toward providing me the opportunity to recapture what was a great physical activity. And 22 years will change attitudes. Add in the wider bike friendly street work that's happened in recent years.

Here's to getting back to that easy 25 every weekend morning.