Fox Chapel Loop

I snuck out at 8:00 PM, after the rain passed, for a short ride through the hills above Fox Chapel. Through Sharpsburg, I made my usual navigational error of climbing to Sharps Hill instead of Dorseyville, meaning a bit of meandering through the neighborhood before I (re-)discovered the correct sequence of roads to bring me the last bit of Sharps Hill Road and, eventually, Dorseyville Road. It had just rained on the ridge, with puddles and condensation rising from the dense, green valleys. I rolled up and down, up and down, to Fox Chapel Road, and began the descent home. I drafted a container truck along Freeport Road. Fun.

18 miles in a little over an hour. This was the first ride, I think, that I could really feel the fitness gains from suffering at the Oval. That was nice.

Posted on 20 June 2008