Wow, what a ride we had on Saturday. It was a small group of 6 of us (Solomon, Ben, Jan, Eric, Justin and myself) to start this ride. Cold temps, cloudy skies and wind were the theme of the day. Our adventure started by going through the CC Res, which lead us to Jordan Rd were we were treated to a really nice tailwind (the only one of the day) that allowed us to cruise at about 26-28mph the whole way down Jordan to the 470 trail. That is where we lost Justin because he had some things to take care of in the early afternoon. From there we headed west down the 470 trail towards Chatfield. We ended up loosing Ben as well because he didn't have his legs, (sorry Ben, it happens to all of us some times) so now we were down to 4 of us. We had made it to Chatfield and were blessed with a little sunshine for the first time of the day. We had a blast riding around Chatfield and we were really pushing the pace as much as we could. After a leg burning trip around the res. we had a quick jaunt down Titan Rd. to the Safeway gas station were we took a much needed break.
By the time we remounted our bikes the weather had clouded up once again and the temps seemed to drop and we saw what we thought was rain/snow falling towards home. We had a really hard trip down Wadesworth due to the gusty winds and our energy sapped legs. After re-entering the park we headed north on the S. Platte trail which is always a great ride and then headed east on Dartmouth. Our final few miles were ridden on Yale as it is a little quicker and easier than heading back through the DTC. After all was said and done we had covered 65 grueling miles with an average speed of 18.2 mph. Solomon helped pull for some of the first half of the ride while Eric and Jan helped for a little on the second half. Hopefully this weekend will bring warmer temps and sunny skies for us. Thanks for a great ride guys and I look forward to seeing you all again this coming Saturday.
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