C&O Canal Century

I'm not sure what got into me this year with all this biking.  Over 1,300 miles logged while sitting on the saddle for more than 116 hours.  Some of the riding was incredibly hard, like the Wilderness 101 and Mountains of Misery, while other rides weren't as difficult.  This C&O Canal ride was my 6th century ride of the year.  I had a target of 6 centuries this year so I'm happy with the effort. The C&O Canal Towpath runs from DC to Cumberland Gap, ~183 miles.  The full length of the trail from Cumberland Gap is on my 2012 Spring list, but for now myself and Derrick limited the ride to a round-trip from Great...

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CCT to Occoquan

The Cross County Trail (CCT) extends from Occoquan Regional Park all the way to Great Falls Virginia.  I've been wanting to ride it from one end to the other for quite some time now.  And what better time to do it than when one is unemployed? The CCT is part paved, part gravel, part shared road throughout the county.  This ride made me feel like I was in the Shenandoah given that the trail runs along a stream with high embankments on both sides.  It feels like a remote ravine.  A movie sorta comes to mind, something about "He got a real pretty mouth, there." This past week I studied the CCT trail map...

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