Colorado Training Camp - Day Three

We awoke to another beautiful day; chilly, but beautiful. Since Cam was still feeling a little like he'd been run over by a bus, we decided to just do an easy recovery ride to Vail. Sunday is also the day of the Farmers' Market in the Village, so it was a good day to go.

We hopped on the mountain bikes and headed down the road out of the neighborhood. The trip down the hillside took about 8 minutes. Being that the road is 3.3 miles long, that meant we were flying at nearly 25mph without ever taking a single pedal stroke. Fun on the way down, but that meant it was going to be a looooong ride home at the end of the day.

Right at the bottom of the hill, we were able to jump on a bike path that took us straight into Vail. The Farmers' Market was packed with people, and we had trouble even walking through with our bikes. Once we survived that melee, we found a little outdoor patio to have some lunch.


The ride back toward Avon was great. It was great at least until we got back to the entrance of the neighborhood. The skies had been darkening throughout the day, and we were wondering if we could make it back to Steve and Tina's before we got wet. It turns out that we didn't make it. After hiding out under the awning of a condo for about 20 minutes during the downpour, we resumed our the slow slog up the hill. It took us a full 30 minutes to cover those last 3.3 miles home (a breakneck pace of 6-7 mph).

Besides the visit to the coffee shop and the grocery store, we relaxed the rest of the day with my nieces and put ourselves to bed relatively early.