The Fourth of July was a good day. Instead of climbing Mt. Evans as planned, the kids and I watched Jeanie do a 5k in the morning, and then I headed up to Centennial Cone. By that time, I kicked my cold and was feeling more normal. I had a good ride, pushing but keeping it below threshold. I turned the first lap in 1:18. I did the other side loop three times, and took Mayhem Gulch down to the parking lot on Rt. 6. Centennial Cone reminds me of the suburbs, for example Highlands Ranch. It doesn’t really matter where you are, it all looks the same. Sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes straight, sometimes curved. Though the scenery is beautiful and the place is really fast, the trail lacks character… fun none the less.
At night we headed up to a lookout above the Ranch. You could see fireworks going off all along the front range in Parker, Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Aurora, Denver, etc. When we got back to the car, we let off a few of our own:
I’m looking forward to Winter Park #3 tomorrow. I’ve dropped a few pounds since the last race (officially in the high 180’s now) and have put in consistent weeks since so I hope my climbing improves. Should be fun…
Yep tomorrow’s going to be a good one at WP. Hopefully there is no traffic issues on going down Cherokee’s the 2nd time. Marni brought that point up last night…
Glad the training is going well. Is Jeanie racing tomorrow too?
Jeanie’s racing and John as well… his first race of the Millenium!