Tri games: Uphill Toodle

Sometimes a ride just needs to be a ride, and 20 minutes in one direction, a U-turn and 20 minutes back will work.

Sometimes that sounds like the worst idea in the whole world and a recipe for 60 minutes of suffering smashed into only 40 minutes of actual time.

I had unstructured bike-time on my schedule a few weeks ago, and it was pleasant out, so I wanted to make the outdoors seem more appealing than Netflix.

With this goal, I made up a game to help with Z2 climbing and also to help the time go by.

Uphill Toodle Rules

1. When the ride feels stagnant, at the next intersection either go
1. Uphill, or, 
2. Away from home
2. After more than half of your ride time has elapsed, at the intersections either go
1. Uphill, or,
2. Towards home

Yeah, so it's not so complicated, but it didn't need to be for me to get to experience some new side streets and discover a new route for the work-to-track-practice commute.

I also found what essentially looked like a log cabin in the midst of million dollar homes. Would've been a great time to have a camera for more thrilling blog documentation :)