Six women joined me for a beautiful yet hot Sunday morning ride. Five of the women were new to the group and we quickly were able to find our groove and kept a great pace averaging 16mph over our 48 mile route that included over 1600 ft of climbing- great work ladies! New to the group was: Jenna, a strong climber and ex-college racer; Lauren, who raced an olympic distance tri yesterday but had no problem keeping our pace; Sandra, the self described "weekend rider" who helped me pull through the head wind in Arvada (so clearly stronger than she lead on, thanks Sandra!); Amy, who maintained a solid pace despite a healing wrist injury; and Mia, who held strong and shared with the group that this was her longest ride ever- could have fooled me! Alissa rounded out the group and I'm going to give her the BV MVR (Most Valuable Rider) award, yes the award I decided we need to start giving. Alissa wins the MVR for riding both group rides- the Saturday Intermediate group ride from the Aurora store, covering over 50 miles, and then came out and joined our group today for just shy of another 50 miles- 100+ this weekend, way to go Alissa!
The route took us on some new territory for a lot of the riders. This is one of my favorite loops as it has a little bit of everything: steady climbs, short steep hills, lots of descents and even switchback climb to make it to the top of the Arvada Reservoir (see group pic above).
Thanks to everyone for coming out- what a great way to spend a Sunday morning! Don't forget to join Heidi this Wednesday again meeting from Sloans Lake and heading out to Golden to climb to the top of Lookout Mountain.
Till next ride!
-Ride Leader Malia
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