When: Sunday March 24th

Where: Full Cycle Boulder

When: 9:30 am

What: This four-part series is designed to prepare you for the Tushar Mountains and a hard day in the saddle. RDC will be offering nutrition tips, pacing strategies, bike skills, and more to ensure you are set to tackle Lifetimes Crusher in Tushar. If you’re looking to enhance your skills but don’t have an interest in racing, this series offers value to all.

Ride One: Intro to Sustainable Climbing

We start this series by covering a quarter of the elevation gain you will encounter at Crusher in Tushar, but don’t let the numbers get into your head here, this ride offers multiple bail-out points for those who want to start a bit lighter. We will warm up with a spin through the Boulder Reservoir roads at a mild pace where ride leader and RDC Founder, Rebecca Brough will coach you through tips on effort output, cadence, and fueling.

From there we will tackle our first gravel climb up Bow Mountain, which is an average grade of 5.4% and will last around 15-20 mins at 4-5mph. The hard work on this climb is done in the first and last pitch. Then we will descend Linden Road and cut over to 4th Street for a moment of recovery before climbing again.

Next, we will hit Sunshine Canyon which is a gradual yet steep paved climb, where we will focus predominantly on nutrition while riding. The climb (2.8 miles long) will take us to Poorman, a gravel descent where we will focus on handling and recovering.

For those looking to continue to the final climb, we will ride up Four Mile Canyon to Wall Street for a sustainable 3-4% 5-mile climb and then descend back into boulder along the creek path.

Please remember to bring (2) bottles, ride nutrition and wear a heart rate monitor if you have one. There will be a water stop at the base of the Sunshine Climb.

Route: The full route is for intermediate riders. Beginner riders will finish after descending Poorman which removes about 15 miles total and 1,500ft of climbing.