Boring Training Update

Yesterday Stacey and I rode from Boulder to Ward and back. Ward is a formerly prosperous gold-mining town sitting at about 9,200 feet. Gone is any sign of wealth from the town's bygone mining days, replaced by rusted cars and feral dogs. It is one of the more unique communities I've seen.


As is apparent from the elevation profile, the ride involves a fair amount of climbing.


I tried to hold 150-155 bpm on the climb, except during the occasional turn-around to ensure that Stacey was doing fine on her way up. This allowed me to get in about 1.5 hours at slightly below HIM intensity, making for a solid and specific workout in prep for Cali 70.3 in seven weeks.

It was snowing by the time I reached Ward, and the sun was only occasionally peaking out from behind a layer of clouds. The descend back to Boulder of almost 4,000 ft. at 30 mph on an overcast 35-40 degree day made for a chilling experience.

As Stacey and I approached Boulder on Hwy 36 we saw three groups of police cars along with several other emergency vehicles. A fire truck was a few hundred yards off the highway out in the middle of a field. We wondered what was going on. Turns out we narrowly missed witnessing a mid-air collision between two planes.