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Sunshine and Lightning: Boulder to Ward, 5/30

 

Starting with sunny skies on the front range and riding up to thunder and lightning in the shadow of Indian Peaks.

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Author: Power2W8
Activity: Bicycling
State: Colorado (CO)
Distance: 46.03 mi 
Calories: 3022
Average Speed: 15.3 mph
0:03:54/mi
Duration: Total: 3:52:18
Active: 3:00:14
Resting: 0:52:04
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Rating: Unrated  
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After clipping in under sunny skies in Boulder proper, our group climbed up to Ward, CO at 9,000 feet despite thunder and lightning threatening on the final approach to Ward. Good stuff.

Ride Roster:
Tara "Half-Ironman" Holmberg
Adam "Lovely Legs" Loveland
Nate. D. Ogg
Tom "40-year Lungs" Campbell
Jon Dorn, Frenemy of Gravity
Rachel "5 Hours of Sleep" Markwald
Andrew Hyde, Esq.
"Marcos Esquandoros" Harrison

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Dist: 46.03 mi Points: 3200 Calories: 3022
Time: 3:52:18 Speed: 15.3 mph Pace: 3:54 / mi






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