Stage 1-16 miles
Well, day 1 is done and I am humbled. Two thing: my fitness is not where it needs to be (not a huge surprise) and pushing it at 10 000 feet hurts! Phil was an all star today!! The bad news was my calf was excruciating for the first 20 km, where it was relatively flat. But we hit the climb and then my fitness (or lack of) was maxed.