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title: Loop to loop
categories:
- personal
content-tags:
- cycling
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Met [Ryan][1] at the Loop for drinks, then we took a brisk ride around the [Forest Park trail loop][2].  That trail is a known quantity for me, having traversed it by foot and bicycle probably hundreds of times in my life.  This was the first full loop on the new road bike, and I learned two lessons: May really is early enough in the season that you can wear yourself out in 7.5 miles, and using a light road bike lets you do so in a fraction of the time any other method requires.

   [1]: http://nopaper.net/
   [2]: http://www.stlbiking.com/Trail-ForestPark.htm

**metrics:**
distance: 23 mi
