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Comments: We (Charlie Ben and I) started out pretty quick. The climb up to Carter Lake slowed us down a bit. The decent from there was awesome; I reached my max speed here: 50 mph. The climb up Big Thompson Canyon was awesome. It wasn't bad until the last two miles or so. At some points, I was going 4 mph (but I didn't stop!). The view at the top was beautiful. From there, it was a lot of fast downhills, then some rollers (which were a pain in the ass at 85 miles!). I'm very happy with this time. I don't know if I would have been quite so fast if Ben wasn't pushing it a bit. What would you do differently?: Nothing! Post race
Warm down: Some stretching in the shade. And eating! What limited your ability to perform faster: Maybe the heat, but no complaints. Event comments: This was a great race. All of the rest stops were packed with drinks and snacks. I definitely plan to do it again next year. They raised $1 million plus. I hope that they get a lot of the food, drinks, prizes, etc., donated at a deep discount so that the great majority of the money goes to diabetes research. Last updated: 2013-08-17 12:00 AM
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American Diabetes Association
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Woke up around 3:45am. Had an egg sandwich with veggie sausage. Charlie picked me up and we got there a bit early. It was chilly, but not too bad.
The first few miles!