Health by Heidi

I'm gonna do a seven day bike tour in Colorado next year.  Any interest in going with me?   I pressed Send and the text message whooshed away to my best friend, Denise.  I waited.  Three bubbles appeared.  Do you think I can do it?  Denise is a marathon runner and cycles intermittently as cross training.  She is an aerobic monster, is intimately familiar with long stretches in the pain cave, and lives at 7,000 feet elevation. I know you can do it!  I wouldn't have asked if I had any doubt!   Whoosh went my reply.  I waited, watching the bubbles appear and disappear.  Denise was thinking carefully about her response.  Finally, it came. Ok.  I'm in.   The Colorado bike tour that we were discussing was a seven day, fully supported bike tour through the high mountains of Western Colorado.  Each day, we would ride anywhere between 45 and 82 miles, climbing the high passes in the process, including two passes...