Sunday 19 June 2011
Greetings from Boulder Colorado! Ian and I arrived yesterday, flying from Detroit to Denver, then making our way to Boulder after some fun at the rental car place. We finally squeezed ourselves into a giant black Suburban. Driving this thing I feel like I should be part of a Presidential Motorcade.

First order of business was to buy two CO2 cartridges, and assemble bikes. First impressions of Boulder- it is a very nice. Small city (95,000 population), well laid out, upscale but not pretentious. Bikes everywhere. Bike lanes on most roads. Boulder is snuggled up right next to the front range of the Rockies. Elevation is 5430 feet (more than a mile high) and all of the mountains jut up from Boulder. On the bike, I noticed that my breathing rate was higher, sucking more air to make up for the elevation.




We rode North from Boulder and followed a road that was beside a creek for about an hour of steady uphill riding. Totally awesome scenery. We turned around at the place in the photo to the left, and grabbed a couple shots of the fast creek. The return ride on the downhill was much faster. Ian had to wait for me a couple of times, I don’t corner as fast as he does.


Our tri camp starts tonight with a kick off dinner, then a century in the high mountains tomorrow. Weather forcast is very sketchy, cool, rainy and windy, so I am sure it will be an epic day. I’ll post again when we have more pictures.