{"id":2334,"date":"2020-05-07T22:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2020-07-15T02:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:11:24","slug":"big-laguna-playtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2334","title":{"rendered":"Big Laguna Playtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I meet Steve and Jim out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/LagunaRecArea.htm\">Big Laguna Meadow<\/a> for a bit fun in the sun.\u00a0 Road work had the normal staging area closed so we went further up road and started from Red Tail Roost.\u00a0 \u00a0Starting from there is a lot of fun as you kinda get to have desert before the main course.\u00a0 \u00a0After\u00a0 the descent we climbed up Aqua Dulce but instead of doing the expected Los Gatos run we continued climbing up to Wooded Hills and took the trails up over that peak.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2333\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2333 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?resize=576%2C1024 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?resize=169%2C300 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?resize=768%2C1365 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?resize=1200%2C2133 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282705.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing around at the top of Wooded Hills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The knee continues to improve to the point of almost feeling good but I am making a concerted effort to spin more and mash less.\u00a0 \u00a0By feeling good I mean I don&#8217;t feel it at all.\u00a0 \u00a0It is back to just being part of the whole system and not making a fuss about itself.\u00a0 \u00a0 I have lost a good bit of fitness but that is on the mend as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2331\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wp-1594798282656.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim getting some up and over action on the Wooded Hills descent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After descending the Wooded Hills trail down to the old county road we turned and climbed up that road to Chico Ravine and took it down to the meadow.\u00a0 \u00a0 I can not recall the last time I have gone down Chico so it fun if for no other reason than it was a switch up from usual route.\u00a0 \u00a0We futzed around on the meadow and some of the side trails in the area before working our way back up to Redtail Roost<\/p>\n<p>That last single track to get back up top is tough.\u00a0 I was pretty happy with my effort on that section.\u00a0 I was certainly slower with the whole spinning effort to this recovering knee but I had enough energy in the tank at the bottom of the super steep section that I was able to 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