Back to the trainers

The weekend was great for riding.  We finally got to meet and ride with Den's cycling coach.  We met up to do some more climbing in the local foothills/mountains.  Climbed for about 13 miles that day, then turned around and set a new downhill speed record (again) for me.  Broke 80km/50 miles per hour.  Then, another brutal climb up the back side of Lee Hill Drive in Boulder, before screaming down the hill again and finishing the ride.

Lee Hill Drive in Boulder is a significant hill for us.  When we first came out to do some house hunting and were looking in Boulder, one of the houses we wanted to see was up Lee Hill Drive.  It's a winding, steep climb up into the mountain.  The hill was filled with cyclists and we were in absolute awe that they could climb it.  It didn't help that we were out of breath just walking up a flight of stairs at the time (ahem....still are some days!).  That elevation/altitude thing is real, especially when you just step off of a flight from sea level.

Because of that day, Lee Hill has always been in the back of our minds as the ultimate test of cycling fitness.  We have yet to climb it from the front side, and I don't even think we're ready for that yet.  As I said above though, we did a bit of climbing on it Saturday from the back side, and that was punishment enough!  Some day we'll do the front side......

Sunday we were supposed to get out to ride, but the winds were unbelievably crazy.  We passed.  I've been blown off the road by wind three times in Colorado already (never before that).  That's enough, thankyouverymuch!

Den did some treadmill work on Sunday instead.  I sat on the couch and ate bon bons. What?  Balance, right?

Monday it snowed all day.  I don't even want to talk about it, it's so crazy.  Snow in April.  Really?  What kind of madness did we move to?  Last year in March and April we were in shorts.  This is our second snow dump in April so far this year.  Not impressed.

So the trainers came out again last night, much to my chagrin.  At least it's nice to have an option to train when the weather doesn't cooperate.

This is the view outside of our window right now.

We have 4 friends flying in, starting on Wednesday of this week (that's tomorrow).  We're hosting a cycling camp.  A TRAINING camp.  To say that this snow dump is ill timed is an understatement.  I'll be hugely bummed if this ruins our weekend.  I know we'll have fun regardless (wine anyone?), but it would be nice to get some great cycling in too!