Not sure which is more exhausting.

Saturday Jordan made his big return to racing at the Mount Evans Hill Climb, a 28 mile climb from Idaho Springs to the top of Mt. Evans (14,130 ft).  The total climbing vertical is 6,915 ft.  I’m willing to bet Jordan was the only racer with a broken leg.  And he still finished 12th in Cat 4!  He’s not too pleased, but I think it’s pretty impressive.  I got to spend the morning with the Practical Coaching crew providing Accelerade, water, gels, and most importantly, cowbell.

The comeback kid -- racing on his b-day!

Also at the race was the most accurate Gulliver imposter I’ve seen to date.  For some dogs this wouldn’t be a big deal, but Gull is a mutt of all mutts.  This little guy is a year younger and his owners got him at the Brighton shelter (Gull is from Aurora).  This guy has a brother who is gray/black…they were found abandoned, but now at least we know this one is living quite the happy life.  Without a doubt he and Gulliver share some genes:

This is NOT Gulliver!

After marvelling at the Gulliver wannabe and handing out a few more Accelerades, it was time to race down to Arvada to help with the race preparations for Table Mountain Triathlon that Riptide put on this morning (Sunday).  I hadn’t been up to Mount Evans before and driving back through Evergreen was so beautiful.  I’m thinking when Bethany comes out to train (next week!!!) we’re going to have to do an epic ride up along 103…maybe not all the way to the top of Evans though.

Always have to stop and enjoy the view..

Table Mountain Tri is geared toward the beginner-intermediate triathlete and is a great race to get your feet wet.  It’s a pool swim, 10 mile bike, and a 5k run.  My job this morning was to manage the run course.  Lots of fun!  I squirted flour lines down all over the neighborhood (most of it ended up on me) and put in some serious miles on my mountain bike (equipped with flat pedals).  Looked like most of the racers were enjoying themselves, and the neighborhood seemed to really embrace it which was nice.  I only had one person ask me what it was exactly I was spraying all over.  I also learned that squirrels love flour…could have been problematic if the race last a few hours longer as all the lines would have been eaten.  Good times!!  Muchos gracias to Beth Mack for holding it down at the busiest corner of the course! =)

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