Howdy, all!
This week's route will take us to Carter Lake! We'll roll from the shop through Hygiene, north along 75th/83rd, and onto County Road 8E for a counterclockwise ascent of Carter Lake. After regrouping at the top of the dam, we'll continue along the lake before descending to North County Road 23, then east to County Road 21 (which turns into 95th heading into Longmont). We'll head south before turning back onto Woodland. From there, we'll have two options:
- Pending weather, or for anyone who's ready to call it, we can roll back to the shop through Hygiene and eventually along Nelson via 9th/Sunset.
- For anyone who would like to log a metric century, we'll head out to Lyons along the 66, circle back to the 36, and head south before returning along Hygiene Rd. After getting back to 75th, we'll head home along Nelson and 9th/Sunset.
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This will be a largely Zone 2-3ish pace (average ~18mph). The two "attack segments" will be (1) from the ranger station at the bottom of Carter Dam to the top of the dam, and (2) a TT from 95th/Woodland to 75th/66. We'll regroup at the top of the dam and at the intersection of 75th/66. For anyone tacking on Lyons, we'll have a third race pace segment from 36/Hygiene to Hygiene/75th.
While we'll plan to stick together, please bring adequate food, supplies, and water to take care of yourself in case you peel off from the group. There are a restroom and water fountains at Carter Lake.
