Saturday, July 10, 2010

Riding to Vernal, Utah.

Last week we celebrated the 4th of July with a long 73 mile bike ride on the backcountry roads from Duchesne, Utah to Vernal, Utah.




The ride was pretty rolling with some long hills, there wasn't a lot to see for scenery on this route. Just mostly farm land with ghetto buildings and road kill animals. Also, the weather was unpredictable, raining heavily for a few minutes and then sunny the next.

After the bike ride we went for a 3 mile brick run. (Running straight off the bike without any breaks or rest). Our legs were pretty stiff!

Then that same night we rode our mountain bikes from our campground to the city park in Vernal to watch their 4th of July firework show! There were about 5,000 people sitting or standing around in the park to watch the show too.



I've written another post below. We went to the Unitah House of Natural History the next day.
After Vernal we drove to Avon, Colorado where the XTERRA Mountain Cup race on July 17 is held to check out the course. Then we spent a few days at 10,200 feet elevation in Leadville, Colorado. I will write about that shortly.






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