The ride today was 84 miles from Alamosa to the finish at Salida. Dave and I rode out of camp at 5:20 a.m. and into a chilly morning.
The roads around Amalosa are mostly flat which was good, but once we hit the road out of town, we were staring at an impossibly long and straight stretch of road with nothing but fields and the occasional cow on either side.
Dave and I rode in a two-person paceline until we got the Poncha Pass where Dave rode ahead, knowing that I'd probably catch him on the descent.
I stopped for a minute at the top of Poncha Pass to shoot a photo before starting the ride down into Salida.
The ride into town was all downhill and fast (55 MPH again on the descent).
I didn't catch sight of Dave until about 1/4 mile before the finish and crossed the line a few seconds behind him. For the next hour, we kept bumping fists and congratulating each other on an awesome 7 days riding.
After a quick shower, I packed up the car, grabbed a well-earned beer and meatball sub before heading home to see my family, who I was missing like crazy.
Here are the stats for the day:
Total pedal time: 4 hours 35 minutes
Total distance: 85 miles
Average Speed: 18.5 MPH
Max speed: 55.0 MPH
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Fantastic job Pete. I enjoyed following your blog. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that when you get home you either went straight to sleep or pigged out on all of the things you haven't let yourself eat in prep for the ride.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the ride and the daily reports! It was fun reliving the memories!
ReplyDeleteFirst time commenter on your blog. Great info here, and I've only scratched the surface!
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