Russ Nelson

16.18 km 53094.15 feet 10.06 mi 4310.00 seconds 71.83 minutes 1.20 hours 8.40 mi/hr

First tandem ride with Heather, post diabetes diagnosis. She went ten miles without seeming to get tired at all. This is good; very good!

26.46 km 86809.89 feet 16.44 mi 5573.00 seconds 92.88 minutes 1.55 hours 10.62 mi/hr

Went past Norwood, to cross the Racquette on the next bridge north. It's an old bowstring bridge, currently limited to 3 tons and 7 feet height.

22.30 km 73149.04 feet 13.85 mi 4446.00 seconds 74.10 minutes 1.24 hours 11.22 mi/hr

Just a little ride into town. Temperature got over 40 degrees, so in spite of the sand lining the shoulders of the road, and the snowbanks everywhere, I had to go for a ride.

I have a goal of riding every named Rail-Trail in New York State. There are many more railbeds not used for trains anymore which are also ridable. They are usually unnamed, unsigned, and unpublished. I speculate that this is because the owner is either indifferent or away. I've ridden some of these but I'm more interested in getting the named trails ridden first. I'm maintaining the list of NY rail-trails on my Rutland Trail website.

This past year I rode 2/3rds of the Catskill Scenic Trail (got too dark), the eastern undeveloped end of the Orange Heritage Trailway plus about 200' of the trailway itself, and the whole of the Uncle Sam Bikeway.

Trails I've ridden:

• Ballston Bike Trail,
• Black River Recreational Trail,
• Bog Meadow Brook,
• Cato Fair Haven Trail,
• Catskill Scenic Trail (2/3rds),
• Cayuga Hojack Trail,
• DnH Canal Heritage Corridor North,
• DnH Canal Heritage Corridor South, (partially)
• Dutchess Rail Trail,
• Gorge Trail,
• Hudson Valley Rail Trail,
• Jim Schug Trail,
• Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail,
• Maple City Trail,
• North County Trailway,
• Ontario Pathways Rail Trail,
• Orange Heritage Trailway (the unimproved eastern end),
• Oswego Recreational Trail,
• Railroad Run,
• Rivergate Trail,
• The Rutland Trail,
• South Hill Recreation Way,
• The Uncle Sam Bikeway,
• Wallkill Valley Rail Trail,
• Warren County Bikeway,
• Zim Smith Trail,

Trails I haven't (yet) ridden:

Allegheny River Valley Trail, Auburn Fleming Trail, Canalway Trail, Catherine Valley planned, Catherine Valley, Catskill Scenic Trail (still need to ride the 1/3rd), Chautauqua Alison Wells Ney, Chautauqua Brockton Area Recreational Trail, Chautauqua Brocton Area Recreational Trail, Chautauqua Laurie A. Baer Trail, Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail, Chautauqua Nancy B. Diggs Trail, Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail, Chautauqua Village of Mayville Trail, Cheektowaga Trail, Clarence Akron Pathway, Corning Bike Path, Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Rail Trail, Genesee Valley Greenway, Harlem Valley Rail Trail, Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail (walked a couple of hundred feet of it in October), Lehigh Memory Trail, Lehigh Valley Linear Trail, Lehigh Valley Rail Trail, Newstead trail, Orange Heritage Trailway (still need to ride the paved portion), Outlet Trail, PatMcGeeTrail, Philip A. Rayhill Memorial Recreational Trail, Portage Trail, Putnam County Trailway, Rochester, Syracuse n Eastern Trolley Trail, Shawangunk Rail Trail, Sodus Point to Wallington Trail, South County Trailway, Spring Run Trail (doesn't really exist yet), Tarrytown Lakes extension, Town of Edwards Nature Trail, Vestal Rail Trail, Webster Hojack Trail, White Plains Greenway,

15.26 km 50070.49 feet 9.48 mi 3526.00 seconds 58.77 minutes 0.98 hours 9.68 mi/hr

Rode the Uncle Sam Bikeway way back in October. Had to be down in Albany, so I took the bike with, found the trail, and went for a nice ride. Didn't know where the trailhead was, so I just parked on a side street and went north looking for an entrance. It's a nice trail, if a bit short. Would be much nicer if they lengthened it on the north end. South end has been built upon and so is unusable.

29.99 km 98392.50 feet 18.63 mi 7561.00 seconds 126.02 minutes 2.10 hours 8.87 mi/hr

Today was open studio day for north country artists. We went up to visit Lamar Bliss and Susan Heberling. I bicycled home. It was a beautiful day, and I was on roads I hadn't ridden in many years. I wanted to go for a ride down Ireland Road, but couldn't find the house matching the name on the posted sign. Oh well, perhaps not wise to be riding down backwoods roads (even with permission) during hunting season.

16.27 km 53373.41 feet 10.11 mi 3177.00 seconds 52.95 minutes 0.88 hours 11.45 mi/hr

Was a bit of a cool day. Had a bit of time to go for a ride. Might have been the last ride of the season unless we get another indian summer day.

35.77 km 117351.89 feet 22.23 mi 8690.00 seconds 144.83 minutes 2.41 hours 9.21 mi/hr

7.70 km 25272.29 feet 4.79 mi 1790.00 seconds 29.83 minutes 0.50 hours 9.63 mi/hr

Rode up to Norfolk the back way, then south on Sober St. through Norwood, to Quaker Meeting in Potsdam, had meeting and dinner, then rode home. 27 miles is a decent ride for a weekend. Wasn't tired; could have gone much further.

10.37 km 34011.98 feet 6.44 mi 2865.00 seconds 47.75 minutes 0.80 hours 8.09 mi/hr

Forgot to turn the GPS on for the ride home.

10.62 km 34846.32 feet 6.60 mi 2511.00 seconds 41.85 minutes 0.70 hours 9.46 mi/hr

Got a ride into town with Heather and the bicycle, then rode home.