I'm getting ready to ride the Colorado MS 150 on June 30th and July 1st. This is my second year of cycling and I've been stepping up my mileage, commuting to work 3-4 days a week (~20 miles round trip) and hitting a few longer weekend rides (32 and 35 miles). Today I decided I was going to do a 40 mile ride, to gauge my conditioning. 40 miles into the ride, I decided to kick it up a couple of notches and ride all the way out to a local state park (Cottonwood Canyon State Park, Colorado).

Total mileage for today's round trip: 60.27.

I'm a little tired, but (other than a moderate sunburn), not feeling too much pain. When I got home, my wife said "I remember when you were excited about riding 60 miles in a week."


As an aside, I gotta say I love my bikes. I have a Specialized Roubaix that I ride a lot on the weekends, but my go-to bike for commuting and tooling around town (and the one I rode today, while my Roubaix was getting a crank/BB upgrade at the LBS), is my trusty Surly Long Haul Trucker. I'll post some pics of my LHT tomorrow and list the build, but that bike is damn near bulletproof and it carries my 230 lbs over broken MUPs, potholes and dirt roads like a champ!

My thanks to the people that post on this forum: your infectious enthusiasm is contagious!