Badhat cross-posted to the racing forum, so I'll cross-post here.

AMAZING ride/race! The weather was spectacular, the riders friendly and the road relatively smooth. You guys that are close enough to make this a day trip are definitely spoiled. I have some ski hill climbs that I do on a regular basis here, but it's nothing like Mt Evans.

I kept hearing how the upper elevation does weird things to the body, but had no ill effects. I had a nice pace (for me) going up, hung with the main (35+ 4s) group for almost 10 miles. From that point I was passed quite a bit, but also did a fair amount of passing. The last couple miles weren't as hard as I was expecting and I finished pretty strong (again, for me). I'm already looking forward to next year - I now know I can dig myself a little further into the "pain cave" and still finish.

Thanks to the organizers and volunteers for a great day!