Virtual Turkey Burn Ride Report: Steve's Metric

 This is the eighth, and I 'think' final, installment of Virtual Turkey Burn reports I received this year. NOTE: I VERY lightly edited the submissions where I found a mistake. Images are credited to the authors. Thanks for reading these and for submitting a report if you did so. Remember that some of these reports fall on double-post days, so be sure to scroll down the page to make sure you don't miss any content! 

Well, after many years of reading your wonderful blog (and listening to your podcast), I took the plunge and took up your Virtual Turkey Burn Century. I wasn't sure about doing the full 100 miles, so I figure I could kick out a 100k over the three days. 

 

Day 1 mileage

 

 

Day one was a great day with my wife along the river parkway. She is leading a group of ladies on the paved bike path in the parkway in a couple weeks. So we clocked her ride and were able to get in 27.95 miles on Friday. 

 

Day 2 mileage

 

 

Day two, my friend and I rode the gravel/dirt paths along the parkway. Since our regular lower trail was rather soupy from the higher river levels due to the yearly salmon run. When we took a break, we got to spy some sea lions feeding on the salmon. It looked like a mother and a cub tearing the salmon apart.After departing with my friend I set out to ride some more miles for my century. I had accumulated 57.2 at that point. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day three, I did a quick 5 mile ride to bag my first Virtual Turkey Burn 100k Century!
I plan on doing this next year as it was fun to ride different routes and spend time with my wife and friend.

 

Thanks Steve! What a great looking place to ride! And sea lions? The wild life where you live is juuuuuust a bit different than what I see around here!

 

I 'think' that's a wrap on the reports for 2024. Look for the next post where I break down the overall 2024 VTBRC.

 

Thanks for reading Guitar Ted Productions!