Biking

After I dropped my mom at the airport this morning I needed something to occupy my mind and give me space to have quiet so I went for a bike ride.  I wasn't sure where I was going to go when I started down my road but then I decided I was going to ride the bike path from Stromovka Park to Kralupy.  I have always seen the signs for it when I run on the bike path from Stromovka but since it is so far away it just isn't feasible for me to run the distance but I knew I could do it on the bike.  I didn't take into consideartion though the really bad sections of the trail.  I assumed it was a nice bike path the entire way but I was WAY wrong.  There was about a 2 mile stretch that was very sketchy.  The beginning and end of the sketchy section of the path was barely visible behind all the overgrowth but that wasn't even the worst of it! The worst part was being on a very narrow path that had a minimum 6ft straight drop down to the river.  There were times that I had to get off my bike and walk it becuase I was afraid that if I had any mishap my bike and I would be in the river after a long fall.  I didn't want to swim and I didn't want to lose my bike either!  I did feel a little better when I got off the horrible section and stopped to brush myself off and check for ticks that the guy who came out behind me told me that he also had to get off his bike and walk.  It made me feel like I wasn't a complete wimp.  After getting through that bad section the path was nice again and I made it to Kralupy but now I had to find my way home from Kralupy because I was not going back the way I came.  I just couldn't face that terrible section of the path again.  After going back and forth in Kralupy I finally found my way out of town and back in the direction I needed to go in order to get home.  My bike ride was a little longer that I anticipated (33 miles) but it gave me the release I needed to accept my mom's leaving.  I have also learned that I will NEVER take the bike path along the river to Kralupy again!