I'm another middle aged man facing his increasing limits of physical ability. My physical resume is pretty laughable. I'm a geek at heart and by trade. I didn't play any organized sports in high school or college, though I rode a bicycle a bit in college in Boulder. I didn't start riding anything longer than 30 miles until much later. In my late 30's my wife and I trained an road 4 MS 150 rides. But, I haven't done much in the last five years.
I don't know how it caught my eye again. I thought I'd plan to spend the summer riding my motorcycle over mountain passes. "It", the ride, the Triple By-Pass, is a very long single day ride in Colorado, made more of a challenge by the fact that it crosses three mountain passes on its way from Denver (more/less) to Vail. It's 120 miles and something like 10,000 feet of climbing. it's a goal, out there. I'm not so goal-oriented that I think of crossing the finish line in Vail (Avon?) as much I think of the journey I'll be taking between now and July to prepare for it. If I'm in shape enough to ride from Evergreen to Idaho Springs and back, I will have found success. If I manage to do so with my wife, then I'll be that much more successful. And that is a dimension that the finish line in Vail does not capture.
The ride, in detail, starts in Evergeen, goes over a pass I've heard names Squaw Pass, that the ride material call something else. The road then drops into Idaho Springs and the ride is just beginning. The next leg is to head towards Summit County and enter it by going over Loveland pass to Copper Mountain. The final leg goes over Vail Pass to Vail. It's insane.
This blog will log my training and evolving thoughts about the actually doing the ride. Let's see how it goes.
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