Teva Mountain Games, Vail, CO: Pre-ride

After a very long week involving too much work, errands, and general busy-ness, I made it to Vail to meet up with Sonya Looney for a ride on the mountain bike course for the Teva Mountain Games.

It's one of those race courses where to ride it is to feel like it's all downhill, but to race it is to climb, climb, climb, climb. Thank goodness for Friday pre-rides... the best part of the weekend after Friday morning coffee.

Here's some very shoddy helmet-cam footage of the main downhill on the course. Please don't watch unless you are related to me.