We had a pleasant surprise on Thursday when my brother Joe called me out of the blue and announced he was stranded in the Denver airport until 6:00am the next morning. Jeanie ran up to DIA to pick him up while I finished up work and then headed out for the Meridian ride. It was awesome to see Joe. He was on his way out to Seattle for the weekend with Jen.
I got SHELLED at Meridian on Thursday night. I lasted three laps before getting spit out. Then I tried to jump back on for the next lap and got spit out again in less than a lap. That was enough for me! WOW it was much faster than two months ago. Oh well, I’ll give it a try in another couple weeks where my goal will be to last 4 laps… ouch.
I got out today for a good hard ride up Deer Creek Canyon and North Turkey Creek Rd to Evergreen, back down through Morrison and back down the Centennial trail to Chatfield where I started. I set a new PR up Deer Creek of 38:25, beating my previous time of 42:05. It was crazy HOT! I started at 11:30 and rode until 2:15. Before leaving I weighed myself. I drank 4 water bottles, ate 2 GUs, a Clif bar, and when I got home I had a big glass of water, Endurox, and 8 handfuls of Goldfish… I still weighed 5lbs less than when I left. The heat kicked my ass.
