2014 March Trail Conditions

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March 30, 2014 at 8:59 pm #997143

dkel
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Rode from Falls Church to Vienna, and it’s quite slushy, but not slick (if you’re careful). I’ll have to go back that way in about an hour. I passed a Falls Church City police cruiser parked on the trail just before Shreve…don’t know what that’s about.

March 30, 2014 at 9:34 pm #997144

rpiretti
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Thanks dkel. I’ll be anxiously waiting for a report. Be careful out there.

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March 30, 2014 at 11:33 pm #997147

Rod Smith
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Swift currents, muddy water with a sheen of gasoline, thigh deep under the railroad bridge on the Northeast Branch Trail. Don’t ask me how I know.

March 30, 2014 at 11:42 pm #997148

dkel
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@rpiretti 80960 wrote:

Thanks dkel. I’ll be anxiously waiting for a report. Be careful out there.

The W&OD on the way back to Falls Church from Vienna is improving, though there are still long stretches of slush. There’s a lot of water running and pooling everywhere, too. A lot. Still, riding in it isn’t bad, and I had no trouble contacting pavement.

That said, I didn’t get to ride the whole way, though, because I got a flat before I reached Gallows. Seeing as how it was the first flat I’ve ever gotten in the six months and over 2000 miles since I started doing this cycling thing, and having had enough Rule 9 for one day, I bailed out and got a ride home, despite having all the tools I needed to change the thing. Special thanks to Rocford10 for driving over to get me.

March 31, 2014 at 12:34 am #997152

Greenbelt
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@Rod Smith 80963 wrote:

Swift currents, muddy water with a sheen of gasoline, thigh deep under the railroad bridge on the Northeast Branch Trail. Don’t ask me how I know.

The construction site for the new rail bridge seems to exacerbate the usual flooding in that section. Hopefully the water will be down by tomorrow morning’s commute.

If you google “maryland river levels” you’ll go to the USGS site: The river trail of which Rod speaks/sinks/swims has a gage here: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/uv?site_no=01649500

Whenever the level gets over 4 feet, and especially when it’s near 5 feet, flooding is possible. The detour is Decatur Street to Alt Route 1 to Armentrout Road to pick up the NW Branch trail past the construction site/low spot.

March 31, 2014 at 1:41 am #997155

rpiretti
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@dkel 80964 wrote:

The W&OD on the way back to Falls Church from Vienna is improving, though there are still long stretches of slush. There’s a lot of water running and pooling everywhere, too. A lot. Still, riding in it isn’t bad, and I had no trouble contacting pavement.

That said, I didn’t get to ride the whole way, though, because I got a flat before I reached Gallows. Seeing as how it was the first flat I’ve ever gotten in the six months and over 2000 miles since I started doing this cycling thing, and having had enough Rule 9 for one day, I bailed out and got a ride home, despite having all the tools I needed to change the thing. Special thanks to Rocford10 for driving over to get me.

Oh, darn! Sorry to hear. Thanks for the report. Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning. And by the way, no one on this thread say one more thing about this being the last snow and we won’t jinx ourselves!! It could or couldn’t be the last snow.

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March 31, 2014 at 1:48 am #997156

Arlingtonrider
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Most of us would have been very happy to have someone come and get us. Sorry about your flat, especially on a day like this!

March 31, 2014 at 2:53 am #997162

cvcalhoun
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FWIW, I’ve had just one flat in the three years and 6722 miles since I started using a bike computer. I don’t think that getting a ride when you have a flat is going to impair your training in any noticeable way!

@dkel 80964 wrote:

The W&OD on the way back to Falls Church from Vienna is improving, though there are still long stretches of slush. There’s a lot of water running and pooling everywhere, too. A lot. Still, riding in it isn’t bad, and I had no trouble contacting pavement.

That said, I didn’t get to ride the whole way, though, because I got a flat before I reached Gallows. Seeing as how it was the first flat I’ve ever gotten in the six months and over 2000 miles since I started doing this cycling thing, and having had enough Rule 9 for one day, I bailed out and got a ride home, despite having all the tools I needed to change the thing. Special thanks to Rocford10 for driving over to get me.

March 31, 2014 at 11:07 am #997166

Greenbelt
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NE Branch this morning at sunrise — Laurie says take the Decatur Street detour
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March 31, 2014 at 11:42 am #997170

Rod Smith
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Oh yeah, that is deep water. For the record, I did not make it through yesterday, I turned around before I got in over my waist. The pumping operation going on there exacerbates the flooding.

March 31, 2014 at 11:44 am #997171

Steve
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In case you hadn’t seen yet, Ohio Drive is now closed to cars (not sure how long this will go on due to Cherry Blossoms, but my guess is a few weeks?). Anyways, I rode around the cones right in front of a motorcycle cop and he had no problem with me doing so. I’m posting more as an FYI that you might want to have an alternate route in mind in the event that you run across an officer that doesn’t see things the same way. In the past it seems like 99% of people can get thru without a problem, but just in case…

Everything else on my ride was clear and dry today for the most part.

March 31, 2014 at 12:34 pm #997173

myoglobinologist
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It was a little windy last night and there is some debris on the Bluemont Junction trail.

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March 31, 2014 at 2:58 pm #997189

Mikey
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I think that may be due to set up for the race this weekend. Cherry Blossom 10 miler. Not sure. Last year the basin was open to traffic. Have to get those tour busses in.
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