Long Ride in Northern MN

Two days before my Father's Day half marathon, I went out for a long ride. I had no speed goals, no specific workout, just wanted to get in 45+ miles.

So I headed south from Emily MN on some decently wide shoulders:

I started early, so I was only passed by 3 cars by mile 7.

I got to Crosby (where we've mountain biked before at Cuyuna State Park), and I hopped off on some paved trails that go through the park to add in some more miles:

I rode through Cuyuna and came around a corner to find 2 red fox making babies in the middle of the street. I caught one on camera by the time I got my phone out:

A loon in a small lake.


Turning around at a little lake.


The skinny DEEP Huntington Mine Lake on my way back.


Taking a 2 minute break as I leave the park ready to head
straight north into the wind for the final 15+ miles.

My average dropped from nearly 21 mph to 19.3 mph after fighting the light wind. It wasn't HORRIBLE, but it felt brutal after 15+ miles. I got close to Emily and stopped to take a photo at a large bike. But I found my phone ON in my pocket and it had just taken 70 short videos of the inside of my jersey:

My bike and the BIG BIKE.


Weird elephants as well.


5-mile splits. Straight south to Crosby, then through Cuyuna State Park and back.

In the end, it was 47 miles in 19.3 mph. My first three 5-mile splits were all 20.4 - 21.4 mph, but my last 3 were 17.5 - 19.4 mph. Just a nice ride that ended kind of depressingly slow.

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