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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Day 3: Steamboat Springs Loop

54 Miles
3,831’ Elevation Gain










Rolling out of Steamboat Springs

Climb out of Oak Creek
 Like today's route, I'm going to keep this short and sweet. It was nice that we will be staying another night in Steamboat Springs in that it allowed for a leisurely team photo and breakfast before hitting the road for the Day 3 ride.  While it was only a 54 mile "recovery" ride, today's loop to the south of Steamboat Springs offered 3,500 of mostly rolling climbing.  In fact, it reminded me a lot of the Ironman Wisconsin cycling course west of Madison. It was very pretty and pastoral and there weren't nearly as many riders as I suspect many took the day as a rest day. It was fun and uneventful and only took about three and a half hours, so there is not a lot more to say.  I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

Here's my data-
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/517990666
Rolling countryside

Happy cows

One of today's few straight roads

One of the many short steep climbs

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