{"id":1869,"date":"2010-08-07T23:26:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T06:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2018-11-19T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:38:39","slug":"old-la-honda-to-lexington-reservoir-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/old-la-honda-to-lexington-reservoir-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Old La Honda to Lexington Reservoir Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty epic afternoon ride today. I started by searching out the Old La Honda Road climb to Skyline Boulevard (I took a wrong turn the first time and had to loop around to find it again), and then I headed south on Skyline all the way down to Black Road, which turned out to be a pretty crazy descent down to Highway 17. I found my way across, and then encountered an unexpected gravel descent on the Los Gatos Creek Trail. A mountain bike would have been appropriate at that point, but I survived. I then made my way back via Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road before stopping for dinner at In-N-Out on El Camino and finishing up the ride. Skyline turned out to whip me pretty well, and I was struggling to keep up the pace on the flats afterward. Half of that is mental discipline, and the other half is physical readiness. 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