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Morning Riding

joemarshall · 2005-11-18T22:16:01+00:00

I had a dumb idea the other day, rather than doing a night-ride, get up a bit early and do an early morning ride. Now stupid idiot I am, I posted this up on the Emunicyclists list, expecting everyone to tell me not to be so stupid so I could get my lie in. Inevitably some idiot said okay and I ended up getting up at the crack of dawn to go riding.(Given I'm a lazy student, this didn't mean super early, we had an 8.30 start). I was a bit hungover thanks to going to a chocolate and wine tasting the night before, but made it there on time, and we headed up the hill. Mmmm, the trails were mostly empty, solid as a very solid thing thanks to being frozen up and looked really beautiful. There were leaves on the ground, making it kind of like night riding, because we couldn't see what we were riding over at all. We pootled off up Bramcote Hill and Hemlock Stone, pausing only for me to throw myself off on my front on a leaf covered uphill that was disguising the only patch of unfrozen mud in Nottinghamshire, and to fall right on my [censored] coming down Bramcote Hill a second time, then headed across the hills to the deer park and into university. What a cool way to start the day. Pictures 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/acs25) at the bottom of the album. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/44821

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Published: 18 November 2005
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joemarshall
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18 November 2005, 22:16 UTC #1

I had a dumb idea the other day, rather than doing a night-ride, get up
a bit early and do an early morning ride. Now stupid idiot I am, I
posted this up on the Emunicyclists list, expecting everyone to tell me
not to be so stupid so I could get my lie in. Inevitably some idiot
said okay and I ended up getting up at the crack of dawn to go
riding.(Given I'm a lazy student, this didn't mean super early, we had
an 8.30 start). I was a bit hungover thanks to going to a chocolate and
wine tasting the night before, but made it there on time, and we headed
up the hill. Mmmm, the trails were mostly empty, solid as a very solid
thing thanks to being frozen up and looked really beautiful. There were
leaves on the ground, making it kind of like night riding, because we
couldn't see what we were riding over at all. We pootled off up
Bramcote Hill and Hemlock Stone, pausing only for me to throw myself
off on my front on a leaf covered uphill that was disguising the only
patch of unfrozen mud in Nottinghamshire, and to fall right on my [censored]
coming down Bramcote Hill a second time, then headed across the hills
to the deer park and into university. What a cool way to start the
day.
Pictures 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/acs25) at the bottom of the album.
Joe
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paul royle
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18 November 2005, 23:27 UTC #2

Looks nice Joe, maybe I'll try and head out early this weekend
I've been loving the cold clear mornings on my way into work this week,
but my commute is considerably less pretty!
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johnhimsworth
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18 November 2005, 23:29 UTC #3

Who would agree to such a daft idea? Oh, wait....
Very good ride. Must do it again sometime, even if that is like
committing to getting up early in advance.
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sarah.miller
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19 November 2005, 18:29 UTC #4

Early morning winter rides can be fun. For a few years when we lived
in Reading I would meet up with Roger shortly after Christmas for an
early morning ride to burn off the Christmas pud before I went to
work and he drove back up north.
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phil
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19 November 2005, 19:04 UTC #5

Ooooo, you beat me to it. After staring out of the office window at the
glorious weather during the week I went for a very-early-morning ride
today, leaving the house at seven. The views from the hills overlooking
the cloud-filled valleys below were well worth getting up early for!
More photos can be found 'here'
(http://flippet.fotopic.net/c767596.html) if anyone is interested. Be
warned, this link contains graphic and disturbing pictures of a bike...
Phil
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rob.northcott
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19 November 2005, 22:17 UTC #6

phil said:
The views from the hills overlooking the cloud-filled valleys below were
well worth getting up early for!
Nah, boring... that's what it's like every morning when I'm going to
work - or am I just gloating over living on top of a big hill?... at
least, that's when it's not raining, or so misty you can't see your own
hand, or too windy to keep your eyes open, or...
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steve.colligan
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22 November 2005, 14:16 UTC #7

My favorite time of the day for riding has always been first thing when
there's nobody around. You certainly have the place to yourself and
more often than not you see far more wildlife. Nobody see's you fall
off either!
Once a week for the last 5 years or so I've been out riding at the
crack of dawn to do at least a 2 hour ride. Depending on the time of
year, or what I'm training for at the time, then I'd be either distance
riding on the Coker, or XC training for Red Bull, or doing plain old
silly stuff on the muni.
I'm always on a high after a ride anyway, but I find it more so after
an early morning ride. It's also a hell-of-a way to clear that
hang-over from the night before. More often that not the air is
clearer first thing in the morning and so better chances of some
views.
There are exceptions to the last comment though. Read on.... All last
week Scotland had blue sky and sun, so I headed off to Fort William at
the weekend, complete with muni, to ride down the highest mountain in
the UK, Ben Nevis. I set off up the mountain at 7am, still in the dark
and looking forward to some breathtaking views from the summit.
Errrrr....... No!
This is what happens when things don't quite go to plan. 🙁
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dogzilla
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22 November 2005, 20:29 UTC #8

We don't have mountains around here, but I've been doing sunrise trail
rides for a couple of years. It's really difficult to get non-morning
people (read 'Normal People'😉 to even think of getting on the trails
right as the sun tops the hill. I'm always reminded of the old
'Beverly Hillbillies' line uttered by the visiting beatnik... "Aw, man,
you mean that six o'clock comes TWICE in ONE DAY?"
Unfortunately, I'm really, really a morning person. I can get up and
play at 4 a.m., but I've missed all the moonlight rides 'cause I start
to drop off at 9 each night.
Biology is weird.
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