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Skating the Full Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga Trail Again: 94 Miles of Hot Fun in Georgia and Alabama

Submitted by roadskater on Wed Aug 11 2010 1:24am
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Driving down from North Carolina late at night, I asked eebee to post a note to the APRR (Atlanta Peachtree Road Rollers) list inviting people to join us for a long slow distance skate the next day, or perhaps the day after. We had earlier this year done our favorite 62-miler from Mile 0 near Nickajack Elementary School to mile 31 at Brushy Mountain Tunnel and back.

Locations

Silver Comet Trail Mile 0
United States
33° 50' 30.3144" N, 84° 31' 4.0692" W
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Chief Ladiga Western Terminus
United States
33° 44' 15.4536" N, 85° 49' 5.4804" W
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Inline Skating 62 miles on the Silver Comet Trail: Rollerblading 100K (Metric Century) on Rail Trail to Brushy Mountain Tunnel

Submitted by roadskater on Tue May 11 2010 12:17am
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After some celebrations earlier in the week and some skating (including one day that was slow and not such great fun due to some exhaustion and burnout), we decided to get some rest and plan a long day out on the Silver Comet Trail outside Atlanta, near Smyrna, GA. We put out the word late as usual, and got regrets from TomB and JonK but had our plan and perhaps some company.

Locations

Silver Comet Trail Mile 0 at Mavell Road
United States
33° 50' 30.6492" N, 84° 31' 4.0836" W
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Silver Comet Trail Mile 31 at Brushy Mountain Tunnel
United States
33° 58' 23.3616" N, 84° 57' 47.9088" W
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Photos and Maps from 95-Mile Inline Skate on Silver Comet Trail and Chief Ladiga Trail: Smyrna, GA to Anniston, Alabama

Submitted by roadskater on Thu Jul 9 2009 1:10am
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I've just finished and uploaded 835 or so photos of our 95-mile excursion from July 4, 2009. The vast majority of the route was railtrail, with some exceptions we noted elsewhere on the site. Perhaps more comments on the photos later. For now, here's the link... http://roadskater.net/photos/silver-comet-chief-ladiga-trail-inline-skat... The 3D thumbnail map lets you see smaller versions of the photos where they were taken on a Google Earth map (requires Google Earth from earth.google.com)...

Location

United States
33° 50' 28.5468" N, 84° 30' 57.9816" W
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The Complete Silver Comet Trail and Chief Ladiga Trail on July 4, 2009
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Inline Skating 44 Miles on the Silver Comet Trail (Slowly). How About Your Recent Workouts?

Submitted by roadskater on Sun Mar 22 2009 10:00pm
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No matter how far or not, how fast or not, I love to hear people's stories of skating. Ten words or a hundred paragraphs, tell us what you've been skating, cycling, lifting, or anything. Or just tell me what's up lately. So here's my freewriting exercise. I'll try to type it out once and not do editing other than spelling and such... Well, eebee and I went out for a long skate today, thinking we would do about 30 or 32 miles. She's been training to skate and I've been training to type, read, watch p2p tv of sporting events, so you can imagine who had the lower heart rate, ha!

Locations

Silver Comet Trail Near Mile 0 Nickajack Elementary School Smyrna, Georgia
United States
33° 50' 29.1444" N, 84° 30' 58.4964" W
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Silver Comet Trail Near Mile 22 Dallas, Georgia
United States
33° 54' 57.3912" N, 84° 51' 55.1484" W
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Silver Comet Skate/Ride on Memorial Day 2007

Submitted by huston on Tue May 22 2007 8:17am
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From: Huston Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:12:02 PM Dave/Barry, thanks for the update. I was going to check out the road section on the Covenant Christian Century on Sat., but a big dog rudely jumped in front of me before I got there. I had no choice but to hit him, which propelled me over the handlebars & onto the pavement. So I spent the rest of the day at Floyd General being treated for a broken collarbone & rib. So no skating, cycling or dancing for me. So, I'm entertaining offers for my registration. Huston

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