So the actual reason for the trip was that (and excuse the Twitter speak for those that don't) @DragonFlyData was doing a live webcast at #SFD3 so @mark1liver (yours truly) was recruited to go introduce the session. The forecast for Denver the day of our arrival was for snow and sub zero temperatures. I packed heavy.
Since this week has been a total disaster for training, I was determined to get a walk in. The morning of the webcast I was up way before dawn and found myself making coffee in the hotel room until it got light enough outside to see the trail that my phone GPS told me was out there. I set off into a biting, very, very sub-zero morning and was treated to the most spectacular of sunrises. Reds gave way to gray and brown as Colorado came into sight. An unusually fast pace to keep warm soon had me gasping for breath and remembering that this was indeed altitude training. Wow. Nine miles was about all I had time for before it was time to retire to the hotel and rehears the pitch for the webcast. Fortunately, the hotel room had a view of the Rockies getting ever brighter and brighter as the day turned....just spectacular. Hope the pictures do it justice....
