Back in May over Memorial Day weekend I was lucky enough to attend the unofficial Timex Training trip in Boulder, CO.  Will Kelsey, Shelby Katz and Erin Kummer generously hosted us out of towners and planned a fun filled weekend of training in the mountains.

We started early Saturday morning meeting at Amante in North Boulder where candid pictures were taken of the group.

We rode together from Boulder to Winter Park totaling 110 miles with 13,000 feet of climbing. Roughly half way through our ride on Saturday we had a long descent down to Central City. I had never ridden in the mountains prior to this trip and after this first long descent I knew Colorado is where I need to train full time.

I began expressing interest in moving to Colorado with my teammates. Of course all the Colorado locals persuaded me to make the move, giving me countless reasons why Boulder is the place for me.

The remainder of the weekend consisted of team dinners, swim practice at altitude (very difficult to do hypoxic work) trail running, photo shoots and another long ride back down to Boulder.  On Memorial Day we ran the Bolder Boulder 10k followed by a barbecue at Erin and Tingle’s house.  By Monday evening I was completely convinced to make this move happen.

I am happy to say that I have been approved to work remotely from Colorado and will be moving to Boulder in early November shortly after Kona!!!

Yes team there will be yet another Boulder Timex member =)