We woke up to cool weather in Denver to depart on our 70 mile day to Colorado Springs. Bruce Rogers rode with the team today which was really cool to ride with the man who was the inspiration for the Journey of Hope. We arrived at the Alex Roth's parent’s house for a sponsored lunch. Alex is the Director of Team Services for Push America and the man responsible for getting most of the team together this year. We had an awesome lunch and departed for Colorado College for lodging. The team has another night of beds (we are getting spoiled). That evening for dinner we met with the Dean of Colorado College for a huge barbeque on the campus of the college. That night we were all tired from the ride so we took it easy and headed to bed early.
The next morning we woke up to a wonderful sponsored breakfast with great breakfast burritos. Around noon, we departed for the Olympic Training Center. John Pierce sponsored the event. He is one of the men who organized and rode in the first Journey of Hope, sits as a board member for Push America, and is the liaison between the Olympics and their television partner NBC. We had lunch in the dorms with some Paralympics athletes. The tour we got of the facilities was incredible. To see the training environments that the Olympians have was a great experience. That evening we had dinner at John Pierce’s house and enjoyed some ping pong and Wii.
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