So today is the day all the other riders will be arriving to officially start the trip. Last night us leaders were up late making some final preparations including finalizing the exact routes we will take in between our host locations. We were kind of surprised when our overall route length increased by almost 100 miles from what was originally listed. One week really sticks out over all the other ones. We ride 661 miles in 8 straight days to get into Colorado Springs (124 of those miles are on the last day getting into Colorado Springs). We also found one day in Tennessee where we ride through 2 mountain passes adding up to 17,500 feet of hill climbing, which also means we will be descending a lot but that is still well over 3 miles of elevation gains.
So we're starting to really understand how difficult of a route the ride is going to be, but we're all more excited than worried. Well now we have to go set everything up for orientation as riders will start showing up in about 2.5 hours.
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