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Old 09-25-2014, 11:15 AM
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Bring both! Right West of Broomfield there is a good cross country course for running, about 10 miles of track, I go out there often. If you want a challenge, head up to Magnolia Rd where the Buff cross country runners train (head up Mag Rd outside of Boulder until it turns to dirt, then start there). It's about 8,500ft!

As far as biking goes, you can start from Broomfield, but I prefer to start in Boulder and do big 60-100 mile loops through the flatirons.
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Old 09-25-2014, 11:19 AM
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If you are going to be here on October 4th and have a car, ride the Tour of the Moon. Bonus points if you watch American Flyers on the plane to get excited about the Hell of the West route.

The front range is nice, but if you want to see the west, you need to head up to the mountains and the Mesas.
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Old 09-25-2014, 02:15 PM
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I was going to try to avoid having a car, if at all possible.

I'll be staying over one weekend, during which I'll hire a bike, the rest of the time I'll go running.
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Old 09-25-2014, 02:17 PM
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Broomfield isn't the best area to not have a car imo. You can get into the mountains, but it takes a bit of riding, which is less riding that you get to do in the mountains.
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Old 09-25-2014, 09:31 PM
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If you can find transportation, tons of climbing and good riding, but like others have said, be careful coming from sea level. I was away from here for 5 months, went up to around 8000ft and had to turn back, too high too early, now that I've been back for a while, no problem at all.
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Old 10-01-2014, 07:58 PM
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Jayfree I've PM'd you.

Arrived here Monday, got in, unpacked, went for a quick 5k run to check the effects of altitude- and discovered that anywhere I could eat was shut.

Tactical error!

Yesterday I took the bus to Boulder, which it would appear was the minimum requirement for the purchase of toothpaste, but that's now achieved, and I had a pleasant (if surprisingly small) dinner in a bar on the main drag.

My first nights run was a slow-to-tempo effort, around 23 minutes for 5k and I noticed that I was around 10bpm above where I'd expect to be for that effort level, basically I'm in Z3 when I'd expect Z2 etc.

Since then I ran twice yesterday and once today, higher output efforts are definitely harder but endurance pace seems unaffected (albeit with a higher heart rate).

All that aside I've got two days worth of cycling kit with me and I'm keen to get out over the weekend.
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Old 10-02-2014, 10:12 AM
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Jayfree I've PM'd you.

Arrived here Monday, got in, unpacked, went for a quick 5k run to check the effects of altitude- and discovered that anywhere I could eat was shut.

Tactical error!

Yesterday I took the bus to Boulder, which it would appear was the minimum requirement for the purchase of toothpaste, but that's now achieved, and I had a pleasant (if surprisingly small) dinner in a bar on the main drag.

My first nights run was a slow-to-tempo effort, around 23 minutes for 5k and I noticed that I was around 10bpm above where I'd expect to be for that effort level, basically I'm in Z3 when I'd expect Z2 etc.

Since then I ran twice yesterday and once today, higher output efforts are definitely harder but endurance pace seems unaffected (albeit with a higher heart rate).

All that aside I've got two days worth of cycling kit with me and I'm keen to get out over the weekend.
'Slow to tempo' effort run at just a little more than 4.5 minute per mile pace....yikes!!

Opppps, 5k not 5 miles....sorry, university of colorado educated, can't count.
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Old 10-02-2014, 09:08 PM
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Hah, I wish! Ran down to the lake and back tonight, just beat sunset.
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Old 10-03-2014, 07:08 PM
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Heading out tomorrow morning with Jayfree- very much looking forward to the weekends cycling, and a big thanks in advance to Jay.
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Old 10-04-2014, 06:44 PM
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http://connect.garmin.com/activity/605468682









Awesome.

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Old 10-04-2014, 11:38 PM
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You picked a good weekend. Glad you had fun.
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Old 10-05-2014, 09:28 PM
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I had marked helmet-strap/sunglass marks this morning - it was a beautiful day yesterday and again today.

I went into Boulder today, met a really nice chap in University Cycles called Jamie - he said his father is on The Paceline, and has four Serotta's, it's clearly a small world!

"Back in the day" I'd have given a lot to own this:



I think Boulder is a place I'd enjoy spending some more time in, you've got to love a place that has this on it's doorstep:

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Old 10-07-2014, 03:41 PM
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http://www.strava.com/activities/204422600
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Old 06-12-2015, 12:51 PM
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I'll be back in Colorado on the 17th of July, staying for ~10 days.

SO: could people please recommend some rides, 40-60 miles, that I can fit in after work?

Couple of longer ones for the weekends would also be awesome.

Once again I'll be in Broomfield, unsure if there is a "won't end up dead" route to cycle from there to near Boulder, which I imagine will be a decent starting point?
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Old 06-12-2015, 01:32 PM
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What style bike are you bringing?
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