Less than 4 weeks

Four weeks from today we will be somewhere between Grand Junction and Delta on a tough day of climbing.

I (chuck) had a good week of training last week. 360k or 224 miles, including a 130k (81mi) ride yesterday (Sunday). That felt good and I'm not overly tired or sore this morning. We'll see how the body reacts later today when I ride.

Also last week, I rode from the west side of Colorado Springs up to Woodland. That is about 10 miles of mostly uphill and over 2,000 feet of climbing. That was my first ever extended climb like that. Some of the grade is advertised at 7%. I did fine. The steep parts were hard, but I got up them. I'm planning on doing that ride again this week.

So, all in all, the preparation is going OK. Three more weeks of training before tapering a bit.