4th of July

Well, once again the bloggin has been kept to a minimum, the temperatures here in CO have been kept to a maximum, and everything in between has been a blur. Joanna and I headed over to Breckenridge, CO for the 4th. There is a mtb race there called the Firecracker 50. It is 50 miles of buffed single track, flume trails, fire roads, and rocky descents. Some people do it solo, some do it on a singlespeed, and some do it as a team. Ryan "Pudge" Schultz and I decided to take on one 25 mile lap each, and did it as a team. It is not a simple feat to do just the one lap, as there is 5700ft of climbing per lap. Here is the elevation profile

Super fun course, it goes up above treeline @ 11,500ft, and you ride past a couple of historic mines, and on some of the flume ditches that were used to carry the water from the mine with the gold in it. This race is also to crown the National Marathon Championship, so there were a lot of the big boys in town. Here a little comparison, Pudge and I finished the 2 laps as a team in 4hrs 59min. The winner of the men's Pro solo division did both laps by himself in 3 hrs 40mins. Yeah, we were only 1 hr19min's off of the lead!!!!! Not to Shabby.........

Here is a before Shot.............................

And After............... I was glad to be finished.

Afterwords, we made our way back to Glenwood for the weekly Wednesday Jazz in the Park, and an awesome fireworks show to follow. We met Todd, Nicole, Ryan, Mary, Nick, & Kara down at the park, and had a picnic dinner, and a couple cocktails, and watched the fireworks, and all the weirdo's that live in G-wood. More to come next weekend, Joanna and I have a big race in Snowmass on Sat, and then my parents/grandparents come on Sunday. That in itself should make for some good blogging. Stay Tuned..................................