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Marty Cormack

Day 77:
Today's ride did not go according to plan. I was riding my gravel bike with the puncture resistant tires, but picked up a nasty glass shard and did too many revolutions before realizing what was happening. By then it had dug in deep enough to puncture the inner tube. I turned around and rode as far as I could before the tire went too flat. At that point I was 3 miles from home. Do I fix it in the cold wind, or walk home and fix it there? I chose the latter.

Dark brown Diverge bicycle with Bar Mitts leaning on a leaning tree trunk off the Bear Creek Trail. The asphalt trail is on the right and the creek is left and behind. The trees surrounding are bare and there is scattered snow in the shaded areas; the trail is dry.
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Marty Cormack

Day 76:
It's the morning after the storm and I was compelled to ride my with studded tires on my way to have coffee with the hockey guys for 12 miles. On the way there, it was very icy and rutted in spots as the wet slushy snow froze hard overnight. The return trip was mostly dry or slushy as the sun and warmth was rapidly melting the snow and ice. I am hoping today was the last of the studded tires for the season. But it was pretty riding through the woods.

Dark grey FatBoy bicycle leaning against a new tree brace support off the Bear Creek Trail with fresh snow on the ground and bare trees and shrubs behind many covered with snow. The sky is blue and sunshine is filtering onto the scene.
Dark grey FatBoy bicycle leaning against a new tree brace support off the Bear Creek Trail with fresh snow on the ground and bare trees and shrubs behind many covered with snow. Behind is the creek with open water. Shadows of the trees behind the photographer can be seen in the snow with blue skies overhead.
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Marty Cormack

Day 75:
I awoke early and saw on the radar the snow was about to start. As I had a couple essential items needed, I decided to dress quickly and jump on my to go to the grocery store before dawn and snow, for 6 miles. With the cloud cover it was still mostly dark. The wind was strong out of the Northeast and the temperature was falling. I guess our chance of more rain than snow is diminishing. It might be an interesting day given the blizzard warning.

Sage green Vado SL ebike parked on the Bear Creek Trail in the dark. The trail is illuminated by the white bike headlight and the red taillight. The creek is behind, partially visible and there is some faint light above which backlights the bare trees.
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Marty Cormack

Day 74:
Calm before the storm: We are under a winter storm watch for tomorrow with up to 12 inches of snow and high winds/blizzard conditions possible. But it was a nice spring-like day with temperatures rising into the 50'sF and decreasing clouds, so I took my road out for a loop to Elgin MN with an 8 mile stretch on the Great River Ridge State Trail for 43 miles total. By the end of the ride, the wind was coming strongly out of the East; a sign of a storm.

Blue and black Roubaix bicycle leaning on a brown painted wooden milepost "13" on the left of the asphalt Great River Ridge State Trail looking North just past the County 9 trailhead. There is brown tall grass and shrubs on the left and larger bare trees on the right of the trail under partly cloudy skies.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle leaning on a rolled up rubber mat in front of a wooden bridge over the Whitewater River tributary on the Great River Ridge State Trail looking North. The trail is surround by bare trees. The rubber mat is used to protect the wooden bridge decking when used by snowmobiles.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle parked off the Civic Center Trail in Rochester looking West. The asphalt trail is on the left of the frame. On the right is the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, elevated above the trail on a bed of crushed granite. On the tracks, moving away is a train of grain cars, mostly painted grey/silver, some rusty, the closest one with red "CP Rail" painted on it. The sky is now mostly blue.
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Marty Cormack

Day 73:
I'm in the Twin Cities for a game, so I hauled my with me and rode the Midtown Greenway, around Lake Harriet, Bde Maka Ska, Cedar Lake, and Mississippi River Parkway for 21 miles. It was a lot less windy than home so that was a good decision, and it was a nice ride. I wore my Ireland bicycle jersey and ran into another cyclist with a similar one and we complimented each other's jersey choice.

My Brompton cycle leaning on a park bench in front of frozen Bde Maka Ska with the Minneapolis skyline in the distance.
My Brompton cycle leaning on a lamppost off the Midtown Greenway looking West where the trail goes under a series of overpasses.
My Brompton cycle parked in front of the Mississippi River with the Stone Arch Bridge behind, and Pillsbury Mill on the far shore.
My Brompton cycle leaning on a railing in front of the Mississippi River with the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and the Grain Belt Beer Sign behind.
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