Tiger

Today's ride was Tiger Mountain.  Up the fire road, down Preston and then down another trail.  The climb took about 1:15 which is a lot.  I use to climb it in 45 minutes (of course I was skinner then and road a significantly lighter bike).  The total ride time was 2:30; but we were out for 3:40.  Max 169 and average 140.  My riding buddy climbs faster than I do and I descend faster.  So the average includes about 5 rest breaks (one at the top and 4 during the ride) while we re-grouped.  I really like riding Tiger and I climbed some technical sections for the first time.  I also rolled a pretty good sized drop (first time).  The ride was awesome and my riding position was really good as was my cornering technique (thanks to Kat).  

Distance 11 miles; 2146 calories