First update - pics will be up tomorrow! Thanks CHRIS!!!
The CTR is underway!!!!!
This is directly from Chris P, who was at the start this afternoon. Thanks Chris.
Sounds like its a solid field - experience vs. endurance - Matt Lee showed up. I'm sure coming off the GDR gave him some solid stamina. Not sure what to think about a Denver Post reporter making a story of this - but we'll see how it pans out. Good luck to all the racer - it'll be an interesting week or two...
Pics will post tomorrow morning
And they're off!!!
The CTR pre-race meeting began as you might expect considering the cast of
characters that would dare to dream of even starting such a ride. The
meeting was pretty laid back and between noon and 1:00 p.m. 8 of the 10
riders straggled in. At 1:00 they went over the Wilderness detours and other
specific trail notes along with the usual basics such as "leave no trace,"
and war stories from other rides.
Just before 2 p.m. they all headed out to the Waterton Canyon parking lot
where gear was assembled and strapped to bikes and couple more riders showed
up. There was the usual group photo and a Denver Post reporter was
interviewing riders and even joined them for a ways up the trail. Look for
his story in the paper next week.
At 3:00 p.m. sharp the riders began with a neutral start for the first 6
miles to Strontia Springs Reservoir to warm up those legs and get to know
one another. At the reservoir all was fair game and they were off!
The field consisted of the following 10 riders:
Jim Ishman (Silverthorne, CO)
Dan Montgomery (Dillon, CO)
Ethan Passant (Crested Butte, CO)
Fred Wilkinson (Moab, UT)
Jason Trimm (Crested Butte, CO)
Mathew Lee (North Carolina)
Dave Nice (Denver, CO)
Stefan Griebel (Boulder, CO)
Jefe Branham (Gunnison, CO)
Mark Caminiti (Silver Plume, CO)
Pre-race photos, group and individual shots, plus some trail photos are soon
to follow.
Cheers,
Chris P
The CTR is underway!!!!!
This is directly from Chris P, who was at the start this afternoon. Thanks Chris.
Sounds like its a solid field - experience vs. endurance - Matt Lee showed up. I'm sure coming off the GDR gave him some solid stamina. Not sure what to think about a Denver Post reporter making a story of this - but we'll see how it pans out. Good luck to all the racer - it'll be an interesting week or two...
Pics will post tomorrow morning
And they're off!!!
The CTR pre-race meeting began as you might expect considering the cast of
characters that would dare to dream of even starting such a ride. The
meeting was pretty laid back and between noon and 1:00 p.m. 8 of the 10
riders straggled in. At 1:00 they went over the Wilderness detours and other
specific trail notes along with the usual basics such as "leave no trace,"
and war stories from other rides.
Just before 2 p.m. they all headed out to the Waterton Canyon parking lot
where gear was assembled and strapped to bikes and couple more riders showed
up. There was the usual group photo and a Denver Post reporter was
interviewing riders and even joined them for a ways up the trail. Look for
his story in the paper next week.
At 3:00 p.m. sharp the riders began with a neutral start for the first 6
miles to Strontia Springs Reservoir to warm up those legs and get to know
one another. At the reservoir all was fair game and they were off!
The field consisted of the following 10 riders:
Jim Ishman (Silverthorne, CO)
Dan Montgomery (Dillon, CO)
Ethan Passant (Crested Butte, CO)
Fred Wilkinson (Moab, UT)
Jason Trimm (Crested Butte, CO)
Mathew Lee (North Carolina)
Dave Nice (Denver, CO)
Stefan Griebel (Boulder, CO)
Jefe Branham (Gunnison, CO)
Mark Caminiti (Silver Plume, CO)
Pre-race photos, group and individual shots, plus some trail photos are soon
to follow.
Cheers,
Chris P