Another ride iteration of the RUSA 758 UW - Issaquah. It's flat, so there's that. I've been inside since the 29th of January. There have been OK days for rides, but I've always had other commitments when the weather was OK. So that's pretty much all there is to say about that.
The only other thing to mention is a strange observation I've had a couple times now. I must pass a couple hundred pedestrians on these rides. I'm trying to stick to the 15 MPH they have posted everywhere, mostly because where there is congestion even that is pushing it (IMO). I give audible warnings when I pass, and I've scared/startled people on accident. I may not succeed, but I'm trying to be a good trail user. Sure I get annoyed when you have 3 people occupying the entire trail and nattering to one another oblivious of everyone else, but it's a multi-use trail and I try to treat that behavior the way I would want to be treated when I'm using the roads.
Having said that for the third time now I've had oncoming pedestrians actually cross the trail onto my side of the trail and squeeze me to the edge of the trail. I find it really strange behavior, that's borderline hostile. I'm not sure they're hoping to accomplish, punish all cyclists because some are jerks. In that logic, don't their actions justify the jerk cyclists behavior?
Anyhow I hope it's just some strange spatio-motor co-ordination thing that makes them walk where they're looking, and that it doesn't get more common. The BG/SRT/ELST are crowded enough. If people don't make an effort to share it won't be any fun for anyone.
I did get a little messy. Which is really wild considering the road was mostly dry and completely paved.
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