This was sort of a recovery day. The ride was mostly a slight downhill grade and the distance was shorter than the day before. I did discover something about riding in Colorado that I wasn't aware of before. When you're in the valley, it can get pretty windy! Sometimes the wind made it feel more like a slight uphill than a slight downhill. I managed to hook up with some other riders and we took turns pulling so that made the wind manageable. I don't tend to ride much with my BF because he is so much faster/stronger than me that it frustrates us both to try to ride together. But, I think he was worried that I'd be struggling with the wind because he waited for me at the last rest stop. He rode with me (and a bunch of others that joined in) to the end. He pulled our group the entire way -- almost 20 miles. It made it an easy finish for the day for me and gave me the rest that I needed to be ready for day 3.