Day 2- Getting High in Colorado- With no drugs just high altitude!

Today we got up early, perhaps a little earlier than we wanted :-). Mike and I went to Boulder Creek Trail for my short run (6 miles). The trail was fantastic. Nice single track at 6,000+ feet of elevation. The temperature was 76 degrees with zero humidity. My heart rate stayed at 130-145 bpm, which is great for being at this altitude.

After the run we went back to our hotel were Melinda and Karen were waiting for us to have breakfast. I'm very picky on what I eat on race week so I already had my breakfast with me; oatmeal, gluten free toast with natural (no salt or sweetener) peanut butter and coffee! If the race doesn't go the way I want it to go it's not going to be because of the food I ate :-).

After breakfast we packed up and we went off to start the bike ride. Today it was just Mike and Melinda. I joined Karen in the sag wag. The route they did today is on the Peak to Peak route from Neaderland to Estes Park ~40 miles. Long climbs and drops with beautiful sceneries.

After the ride we went to Estes Park to go our hotel Alpine Lodge, we got there to early, 2pm and the check in was at 3:30pm so we had to kill time. I came up with a great ideal- "Lets go have coffee!". I love coffee, well good coffee. We found this cool coffee shop "Rock Coffee Shop". It made my day.
After that we went to the Stanley Hotel AKA "The Over Look" from the Steven King movie the Shinning. Best horror movie in that time. Jack Nicholson did a great job- "Where's Johnny" and "RedRum, RedRum..." (murder backwards).

We then went back to our hotel and got checked in. The hotel is clean, we have TV, fridge, microwave and most important high speed internet! Well time to watch Oprah and take a nap. Thanks for reading!

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Dinner was fantastic. We went to this local restaurant that serves fresh vegetables and Quinoa. After dinner we walked downtown Estes Park. I's a really cool town with lots of small shops, however ever third shop is an Ice cream Parlor. I guess people in this town love ice cream!

OK, I'm going to bed... Hasta Luego!