Today marked the third day of the easiest four days of the Summer. We cycled only about 32 miles to Invesco field at mile high where we were meeting the north team for the biggest arrival event outside of D.C. all Summer. There is somewhat of a friendly rivalry between the North and Trans AM team, and we all wanted to get there before the North team so we could cheer them into stage up. Let’s just say, the North team’s front paceline had looks of shock to see that all 28 of the trans am team members were cheering them on when they arrived at Invesco Fields.
Chipotle brought us all lunch, and we ate in the rain under an overpass. After lunch we staged up and took a police escort to Denver’s state capital. Since I swept today, Matt Sartin and I led the arrival. It was pretty cool to lead a paceline of over forty cyclist to the front of the capital and a bunch of cheering friends and family.
What made this arrival so big was the fact that Journey of Hope’s headlining sponsor, KRG Capital was there. We put on a good show and interacted with some of their executives before we headed to lodging. We are staying at the downtown Marriot in Denver, and the rooms were donated to Push America.
Tonight we went to a friendship visit called Pedal for pennies, where some special Olympic athletes did laps around the pond at City Park to raise money. We then had a dinner with both teams, the special Olympic athletes, KRG capital, and lots of friends and family. Dinner was great and I ate with one of the athletes named Emily. She was really thrilled to spend some time with college aged guys, and we had a blast. After dinner, we had a dance, and it was pretty awesome. My favorite friendship visits are the ones with dances, and I just got in there and made a fool of myself.
Overall the night was great, and between Push America and KRG capital we gave Special Olympics $7,500. We also all got free T-shirts! Since we have another day off tomorrow, most of the team is planning on going out and seeing what Denver has to offer.
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