Distance: around 9-10 (total guess)
Travel Time: one hour (20 minutes probably checking the map, 10 minutes at stoplights)
Level of Difficulty: (1:easy - 5:hard) 2
Some notes on the ride:
1) Nice neighborhoods - Crown Heights (between Western and Shartel, north of NW 36th St) and Cleveland (between Linn Ave and Villa, south of NW 30th St.)
2) Passed by the college - OCU
3) Lots of parks!
Trouble spots:
1) My map was way too twisty turny - I had to spend way too long looking at the map to determine where the next turn was going to happen
2) Getting south east of I-44 is quite busy
3) I passed by Topping Park but saw no park. Just a patch of tree. The entrance must be off of N Santa Fe.
4) Crossing I-44 - none of the side streets that appear to cross I-44 actually do. I ended up using Penn and May.
5) Share the Road - from 3:30 to 4:30 - it killing me I didn't have my camera and all I had was my phone. But checkout the picture below. There is the typical Share the Road sign with a bicycle symbol. But below it is a time frame. All it says is "3:30 - 4:30". So only share the road between those times. I understand that it is to raise drivers awareness when kids are out of school but it cracked me up.
Overall, I really need to work on some north-south and east-west roads in the area that do not require a lot of turns. It was interesting and a saw a lot of town that I do not normally see.
Also, an hour does not seem to be enough time anymore. I need to get more focussed on my routes and pick out spots to sprint and those to relax to get a full work out.
Cheers,
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