29 Trails in 29 Days, Part I
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
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4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
I challenged myself to ride 29 different mountain bike trails in 29 days, and this is how it all went down. In this episode I recap the first half of the challenge so stay tuned for the conclusion of my adventure next week.
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| 0:00.0 | Something unexpected has arrived in Happy Meal. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty and friends are teaming up for the ultimate collab. |
| 0:08.3 | Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure. Some fun, some food, it's all inside this happy meal. |
| 0:16.3 | Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last. |
| 0:20.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:23.4 | My name is Jeff, and today I'm going to be sharing the first half of a two-part story. |
| 0:29.6 | So if you can't stand a cliffhanger, be sure to come back next week when you can binge listen to the whole thing at once. |
| 0:37.1 | Back in 2011, I challenged myself to |
| 0:39.4 | ride 29 different mountain bike trails in 29 days. This is the trail by trail story of my adventure. |
| 0:47.0 | So on Saturday, I started my 29 trails and 29 days challenge with a bang, riding the 34-mile |
| 0:53.6 | Snake Creek Gap time trial in Dalton, Georgia. |
| 0:57.2 | Temperatures for this January race were predictably cold at the start, just 34 degrees and 18 degrees with the wind chill. |
| 1:04.4 | But the sun was out and the trails were mostly dry. |
| 1:07.3 | This was my first time riding this section of the Peninhote Trail, and I loved it. With the shuttle |
| 1:12.2 | buses scheduled to leave for the start at 9 a.m. I was geared up and had my bike loaded by 10 till, |
| 1:18.5 | only to find that the shuttle vehicles were already full. About 15 of us were stranded there in the |
| 1:23.8 | parking lot, waiting for the first shuttle buses to return to pick us up after the |
| 1:28.2 | one-hour round trip. Since the race is a time trial, a late start isn't really a big deal, |
| 1:33.7 | though it was sort of a bummer to stand around in the cold for an hour before getting underway. |
| 1:38.0 | Other than that, the logistics at the start were great. I'm guessing there were just more |
| 1:42.0 | race-day registrations than the organizers expected. |
| 1:45.7 | At the trailhead, things were quiet with all our bikes ready and waiting. |
| 1:49.1 | Apparently, the race plate was blown off my bike on the way over, so I called out my number |
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