I wasn't sure I would be cycling today since my left knee has hurt since the day after my Juniper Pass ride. I had planned on meeting Jeff Bland at 9:00am in Morrison at the parking lot across the street from the Conoco (just down the hill from Bandimere Speedway). At 7:30am I called Jeff and told him that my knee was still hurting (even after several days of ibuprofen), and that there was no way I was going to make it. To make the long story short, I wandered over at about 10:45 and thought I'd just see how I felt with a short ride. I stretched, and then started riding up the hill toward the bike path. I ran into some other cyclist who was patient enough to tell me which roads/paths to take for wherever I wanted to ride in the Morrison area. My knee wasn't hurting while I was riding, so I just kept going. At some point, I turned around and my riding friend was gone. I figured I'd keep riding around to see where I'd end up. I followed Lariat Loop around and soon enough ended up at the foot of Lookout Mountain. I still felt good (after seven miles), so I went ahead and rode the Loop. The Lookout Mtn. ride was much hotter than Juniper Pass, and a little steeper. It's much shorter, so the ride felt much easier. On the way up, I passed five other bicyclists and a unicyclist. The guy on the unicycle was amazing, I didn't have the strength to pass him going up the steep parts, but as soon as I was able get out of first gear, I cruised on by. As usual, the ride down (Hwy 40) was fun and fast. I ended up being out for two hours. My goal for Monday is to ride Mt. Evans (Bergen Park Park & Ride to Mt. Evans, down to Idaho Springs, then back (the short way - 15 miles) to Bergen Park. Hopefully my knee will feel good by then... Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 6478 ft Location: Morrison, CO, Elev. Gain: -7 ft Date: 06/24/10 Up/Downhill: [+3188/-3195] Time: 01:00 PM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   82 F temp; 32% humidity   80 F heat index; winds WSW 6 mph Performance Distance: 23.55 miles Time: 2:03:53 Speed: 11.4 mph Pace: 5' 16 /mi Calories: 957 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 5' 18 +0' 02 11.3 -0.1 +33 ft 2 5' 31 +0' 15 10.8 -0.6 +115 ft 3 6' 45 +1' 29 8.9 -2.5 +187 ft 4 5' 50 +0' 34 10.3 -1.1 +79 ft 5 3' 15 -2' 00 18.4 +7.0 -135 ft 6 6' 59 +1' 43 8.6 -2.8 +105 ft 7 3' 34 -1' 41 16.8 +5.3 -249 ft 8 5' 05 -0' 10 11.8 +0.4 +29 ft 9 10' 13 +4' 57 5.9 -5.5 +324 ft 10 10' 12 +4' 56 5.9 -5.5 +315 ft 11 8' 57 +3' 41 6.7 -4.7 +285 ft 12 10' 13 +4' 57 5.9 -5.5 +312 ft 13 8' 27 +3' 11 7.1 -4.3 +177 ft 14 7' 14 +1' 58 8.3 -3.1 +187 ft 15 4' 22 -0' 53 13.7 +2.3 -33 ft 16 3' 06 -2' 09 19.3 +7.9 -144 ft 17 2' 49 -2' 26 21.2 +9.8 -158 ft 18 2' 08 -3' 07 28.0 +16.6 -253 ft 19 2' 02 -3' 13 29.4 +18.0 -279 ft 20 3' 17 -1' 58 18.2 +6.8 -197 ft 21 2' 00 -3' 15 29.9 +18.5 -219 ft 22 1' 59 -3' 16 30.0 +18.6 -170 ft 23 2' 05 -3' 10 28.8 +17.4 -164 ft end 4' 29 -0' 46 13.4 +2.0 -49 ft Versus average of 11.4 mph

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