As we left off in the last post, Jessi and I had just come into Keystone, coming fast off the descent of Loveland Pass just a few miles – and a few thousand feet above us. I don’t know about Jessi, but I was absolutely enthralled by the experience at Loveland Pass. Seeing her […]
Part 2: Loveland Pass – the Highest One
Jessi and I heard the chatter: Mile 30 – Mile 59.6 were the hardest of the entire route. We heard that when we hit the Loveland Pass summit, about 60 miles in, everything else was easy-peasy.
However, those 30 miles leading up to the summit were nothing to […]
Part 1: Juniper Pass
The morning started off chilly: 43 degrees when we left our Airbnb, high on the side of a mountain at 8400′ elevation. The Start Line temps would be a little warmer.
But just barely.
At 5:43am, in the darkness, we parked under one of the multiple parking lights at King Sooper, a […]