Not a great day to ride roadie (winnnnnndy and in the low 60s but mostly windy) so off to the woods we went. But wait, we need a long effort, similar to a long road ride. And it rained yesterday and last night so ... The trails at Black Hill park and the Ten Mile Creek system hold up exceptionally well to rain, shedding water efficiently. But you' ve gotta be creative to get a lot of miles without repeating yourself or doing laps. Enter the Black Hill Figure 8 route (short little bit of repeated trail at 5.2 and again at 7.1), which generally hits all the best descents in the park without killing the rider with brutal climbs. And then just for fun, we did the 10MC segment "backwards" -- climbing the half-mile of road in order to ride the bulk of the trail north to south instead of the usual way. Midday ride meant traffic was tolerable on that segment. Body held up well. We stopped for about 15 minutes at 1hr (mile 10.1), which was the right call. Thoroughly enjoyed the "backward" routing, even with the 3-mile excursion up the Danger Noodle trail and back. w/Dan