Saturday's Ride

by Robbie

Saturday:
Long day in a new chamois, and a long day in the saddle in general. To begin, we did the Lyons-Raymond-Peak to Peak-Brainard Lake-Ward... ride. The ride started out with Will Stewart, Spencer Sator, Kevin Selker, and Heather Unger. I had my usual pre-ride meal of Spruce Confections' granola bowl with yogurt (and sometimes soy milk) and a cup of coffee, which totally rocks! The clouds were looking pretty darn ominous considering we were headed up to the peak to peak hwy. Somehow it is always cold up there and often raining, hailing, or snowing. On the way North on 36 Phil Zajicek passed us riding with another Navigator's rider and Mara Abbott--just another day in Boulder... Kevin and I sprinted to a purple sign and he totally blew me away. We caught up to Phil and Mara after they were stopped at the stoplight coming into Lyons. They were out on a relaxed ride, as were we, but their relaxed pace is a little faster so they disappeared again. Spencer was feeling stronger than he did last week so he took off on the climb up to Raymond. Eventually Will decided to chase