Just before I began all this traveling for work, I was able to get in a good long ride on the aforementioned first leg of the CO Trail. It was fantastic! A bit more climbing than I thought and parts weren't ridable, but it was all definitely worth doing. In all, it was a little over 30 miles round trip and just over 5200 feet of climbing.
Along the way, I encountered one runner training for the Leadville 100 and two riders (guy and girl) from the Czech Republic beginning their attempt to do the whole Trail system one weekend at a time! They'll have to hike parts of it and they're figuring out the logistics along the way. Good luck with that. An admirable undertaking for sure, but a bit ambitious to try to wing it.
Lots of wildlife along the way. There were Elk, lots of deer, Bighorn Sheep and several other critters making sounds in the woods. Most of the snow had melted off, but there were still patches here and there.
In retrospect, I think I would have felt safer doing this with someone else, but I didn't have anyone willing to do this ride with me just yet.
4 comments:
Looks like fun brother. The Colorado Trail is a special place. Right now I'm up here in Ft.Collins getting ready to check out the local trail scene for the weekend. I wish I had known earlier that I was going to head out this way. It was sort of a last minute deal. I would've got a hold of you somehow and we could have run together. I'm leaving the 19th and am going to try and get a 5 to 6 hr run in on Sunday. I just have to find the right trail.
Howdy! The ride looks like a blast - wish I could've rode w/ you. I'm trying to talk Lucy into moving to Colorado....I doubt it'll work though.
My running has tapered off to a drizzle lately due to ankle/foot pain but it's forced me to bike more.
I haven't ventured too far away from the Greenville area for the same reason you mentioned - I don't really know of anyone to bike with! Hopefully I can start taking trips into the TN/NC mountains more (Dupont National Forest just to name one).
Talk to you soon!
You've been tagged!
I have someone in mind.
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