We started our ride in Boulder this morning, then after a short ride through town, headed up into the foothills. We climbed Lee Hill Dr. and Lefthand Canyon up to Ward, where we stopped for a quick drink. That actually took care of most of the climbing for the day. From Ward, it was a lot of downhill to Nederland, followed by some moderate up-and-down to the top of Coal Creek Canyon. We descended Coal Creek Canyon via the same route as last weekend, which includes a nice 3-mile climb in the middle. After that, I headed back north to Boulder, while my friend Brian headed towards Golden and eventually back to Denver and home.
Once back in Boulder, I rode past my car to get in a final climb of Flagstaff Mountain before heading back to an ice-cold Coke waiting for me in the car. Also in the car was an ice-cold Gatorade Recovery drink. Holy cow, that crap is disgusting. I had it once before, and it was terrible then. I'm not sure why I thought it might be better this time. A good recovery drink is very helpful after a long ride, but man, that stuff is terrible. I should have just brought a chocolate milk instead. Seriously, Gatorade Recover is just really, really bad.
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| Looking down on Boulder from the road to the Flagstaff Amphitheater. |
Oh, and I haven't posted for a couple days, because I really haven't done much. But I did swim a mile in the lap pool yesterday. Farthest I've ever gone. But that's more due to time constraints than anything else. On a beautiful day, I love swimming in the outdoor lap pool at Lifetime Fitness.
Food:
- Breakfast: Fruit / protein smoothie
- Lunch: Grabbed a burger at Wendy's on the way home from my ride, for a really, really late lunch. I know it's terrible for me, but I felt like I deserved it.
- Dinner: Steak fajita, with some farmer's market steak.
Exercise:
- 70 mile bike ride, with 7,500 feet of climbing. Awesome.
Today's weigh-in: 173.6
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