July 5th 2009:
We checked in about noon and picked up our gear bags and race info. Our start time for the opening stage was 3:51PM -
About 2:30 it started to pour rain and the sky was absolutely black. We got dressed and ready to roll out of the condo when the sun came out and we were blessed with a perfect Colorado blue sky afternoon.
Turns out that we waited a little long for the rain to stop and left ourselves with no time to warm up.
The course started with about 50 yards of grass and then a hard right turn on to a tight very steep single track. Because of all the rain the course was wet and very slick.
Nick set a nice pace and we worked our way from about 9200 ft up to 11,300 to the finish. We took it very easy on the climb knowing that we had 5 full days of racing ahead of us.
A quick ride down to town and some rest for stage #2 at 9am Monday.
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