Mountain bike workout - come cycle with me!

Hi all,

I'd like to share my journey on a long-ish mountain bike ride/workout with you from Saratoga, California. The bike is a Norco hardtail (no suspension in the back) if anyone is interested.

I started off in Sanborn park which is pretty with all of the trees, large boulders and creeks.

Here is the route and some of the data points. It is gps data taken from a Garmin and uploaded to a site named Strava. (Free to join)

After a 3 mile climb, I headed north towards Long Ridge Open space preserve which has views from the ridge towards the pacific ocean, near Santa Cruz. You can see the fog by the coast, it typically burns off by mid to late morning.

Lots of grassy hillsides and with the clean air, you can see for miles.

Heading down from the ridge, there is a creek that flows year round. I like to stop here because there are a lot of ferns and the place is so peaceful.

The initial route that I wanted to take had a trail that was closed off. So I headed down Grizzly Flat instead. It's also nice because it has a lot of tall redwood trees to see.

Heading back to the truck, I went down Stevens Canyon where it is always cool and with a creek running down the valley, always has moisture in the air.

I think cycling is one of the best ways to stay in shape, especially cardiovascularly and with your quadriceps. It burns a quite a few calories and if you mountain bike, you get not only clean air, but the views and scenery are amazing. (depending upon where you live)

Until the next cycling trip, eat healthy and have great workouts!