February rolled around and it occurred to me that I only had two more weeks — just two weeks! — to finish up gear and food prep and cram ...

 Monday: Afternoon: Road bike, 1:35, 17.4 miles, 2,298 feet climbing . Late evening: Weight lifting at the gym . Easy pace up Montebello ...

On Friday, Beat closed on a house in a quiet mountain neighborhood located in the hills above Boulder, on the western side of the Flatir...