I’m obsessed, addicted, I need to go to a meeting. Who would have thought suffering, peddling over mountain passes could be so addictive. This was supposed to be an easy day, well not really. But we kind of thought it would be. It wasn’t, but it was the most beautiful ride I’ve ever been on. Steamboat…
Day two started out a little frozen, literally. I awoke to a frozen tent and a frozen bike. It was cold, really cold and I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag. I knew I had to get a jump on the day though. It was going to be a long one, over…
I woke up at 4am to get a jump on the day, I knew it was going to be a big one. I was both exhilarated and nervous. I could fell the blood rushing though my body in anticipation. Not only did I know this was going to be a hard day, probably the hardest…
If you asked me a year ago, “Hey, Jess, want to participate in a century ride?” I would have said two things: “What the hell is a century ride?” and upon finding out that it’s a 100-mile bike ride, my second remark would have been a no-hesitation-needed, “Hell no.” I didn’t even own a bike…
This past weekend Jessica and I participated in the Elephant Rock, a century (100 mile) ride that started in Castle Rock, Colorado. We’ve spent months training for this event and wanted to make sure that we were able to recorded and collect data from the ride. Monitoring cycling data on a century ride isn’t an…
Jared and I planned to take it easy this past weekend because the Elephant Rock is this Sunday (June 1). Saturday, the plan was to give our bikes a good ol’ fashion rub down. Also, because I fecked up my handlebars from the spill two weekends ago, I had to re-tape my handle bars. No…
This past weekend Jared and I rode on our own. He rode the Santa Fe Century (tried to convince me to do it, but I was saving myself for the Elephant Rock) and I was riding solo. Naturally, I’m fine doing things alone and riding my bike felt no different. I figured I’d be fine….
I first heard about the Santa Fe Century from a coworker. It was an inexpensive ride, only $30, and just about a five hour drive from home. Not a bad combo. I’ve never really spent any time in Santa Fe, so I was sold. A new adventure and a new ride, how could you ask for…
We traversed many a great cities on our bike ride on Saturday: we started in Lakewood, took the Platte down to C470, up to Parker, into Denver, then over to Thornton and back down the Platte River. As it usually goes with Jared, we didn’t follow the map and ended up doing 12 more miles…
Our goal last weekend was to crank out 70 miles on the ol’ bikes. We started in Boulder and the plan was to ride up through Lyons to the edge of Estes Park. We took a “Before” picture, as you do when you train (right?). The ride started off fairly easy. Most of the hills…