Well it feels like we haven't had an Advanced Ride in a while so this was a nice little treat and what a great day we had! We had a nice small group consisting of Eric, Solomon, Adam and myself. It was actually a little chilly when we left which we aren't quite used to and I'm not ready to see summer fade away just yet...
This ride we combined two different rides that we regularly do which are Golden and Bear Creek. Our adventure started out with an obstacle filled trip down the CC trail to REI. Then it was on to 23rd and a quick trip down 26th to 32nd. On our way out to Golden we had a nice average speed of 20mph when we arrived at the gas station.
After a quick fill up of food and fluids we remounted and rode up Look Out as we imagined riding with Levi and Andy as they had done the same thing the previous week. We regrouped at the top and then headed down around the side of Look Out next to 70 which looked like a parking lot with every one heading to the mountains for the holiday weekend. Instead of heading back like we usually do we made a right turn onto state hwy 26 which was and incredible road that was down hill all the way into Morrison. We made one last pit stop at the local Conoco before we started our last leg of our trip.
Facing a little bit of a head wind we distanced our selves from Morrison and closed the gap to the shop. We headed down Morrison Rd. to the Bear Creek trail and then it was on to Dartmouth. I think it had been a while since we had all ridden that hard and that far because we were a little tired and my legs were loosing power. All things said and done we logged 62 miles and had an average speed of 18mph. It felt good to get out and hammer a little bit, seems like it had been a long time since the last time.
Check ride stats here:
Advanced Ride: Golden/Bear Creek loop by edge705cb at Garmin Connect - Details
ps. Next week there won't be an Advanced Ride as I will be leading the Intermediate group.
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