| Lunch (breakfast?) at 8:30 in Florence for early birds Missy Petty (4th from left, holding map) and Russ Rew (3rd from right). |
| Rick Anthes and Stick Ware hooked up with Steve Kosten, a former racer at Penn State. |
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| Cactus field on approach to Royal Gorge. |
| Riders stream across Royal Gorge Bridge, normally not open to bikes. |
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| View upstream from Royal Gorge Bridge; the Arkansas River and newly-reopened train tracks lie far below. |
| Rick Anthes and Stick Ware attain the Royal Gorge Bridge...at 12:23. |
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| Katy Ginger, Lizzy Ginger, and Becky Ruttenberg's bike at the finish line. |
| At Thunder Ridge High School, back in Highlands Ranch, awaiting the return of the bikes: Andy Heymsfield, Joe VanAndel, Russ Rew, Becky Ruttenberg, Katy Ginger. |
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| Back at work, riders pause for one last memory, with medallions for finishing, "I survived the Gorge" pins and Century patches. Front row: Missy Petty, Lynne Davis, Becky Ruttenberg. Back row: Team Captain Jack Fellows, Andy Heymsfield, Russ Rew, Katy Ginger, Stick Ware, Joe VanAndel, and Rick Ahthes. |
Below are the times and routes that the riders reported:
| Day 1 | Day two | ||||||
| start | end | century? | start | end | gorge? | flatter? | |
| Rick Anthes | 6:00 | 1:30 | no | 5:30 | 1:45 | yes | no |
| Lynne Davis | 6:10 | 2:30 | no | 6:20 | 12:05 | no | no |
| Katy Ginger | 6:45 | 3:25 | no | 6:45 | 12:05 | no | no |
| Lizzy Ginger | 6:45 | 3:25 | no | 6:45 | 12:05 | no | no |
| Andy Heymsfield | 6:15 | 3:00 | yes | 5:30 | 12:00 | yes | no |
| Missy Petty | 6:40 | 2:30 | yes | 5:45 | 12:00 | yes | no |
| Russ Rew | 6:00 | 12:20 | no | 5:45 | 12:30 | yes | no |
| Becky Ruttenberg | 6:45 | 3:45 | no | 5:55 | 12:05 | no | no |
| Stick Ware | 7:29 | 3:45 | yes | 5:30 | 1:15 | yes | no |
| Joe VanAndel | 5:45 | 12:10 | no | 5:45 | 12:10 | yes | no |
| Margaret VanAndel | 5:45 | 12:10 | no | 5:45 | 11:15 | no | yes |