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MSR PC: What inspired you to write a book on the 50+ cyclist and what are your goals with the book?JF: I turned 70 last December. None of my previous big-candle birthdays—40, 50 or even 60— got my attention. 70 did. I had been thinking about it for the better part of a year. So […]

I considered doing my 100 miles across the park ride but once I got to 6600′ the skies didn’t look promising so I headed back and added in the Roaring Fork Motorway. Wonderful ride! Saw 4 bears and tons of wildflowers above 5000′. Rode pretty casually the entire way other than the steep climbs on

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I’m going for a long hike tomorrow so I did the over unders today. It ended up being 4-2-4-2-4-2-2.5-1.5, all consecutive. Power was pretty good on the under from 317-320’s and on the over from 345 to 370+. The average for the entire 22 or so minutes was around 330, or about what I did

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4 minutes around 300-310 then 2 around 340-350 with the two sets being 4-2-4-2-4-2…all inside on a rainy day 

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My second best of the year tonight and just 2 seconds off that time. Probably could have even taken another 5-10 seconds off but wasn’t too motivated after I passed the last of the three riders ahead of me at mile 6. Still power was pretty strong at 347.

This didn’t feel like anything close to what I can do on a good day but it was still good enough to win the 55-59 by about 90 seconds. Super humid, like 100%, and the course was wet from rain. I’ve ridden it in the past so I knew about all of the turns. Its