In the early hours of the morning, of July 25th at 1:34 a.m., Marie Walsh rolled back into Fort Collins having completed the full Kitchen Sink Loop—465 miles and over 43,000 feet of climbing—in 5 days, 17 hours, and 56 minutes. Exhausted but proud, Marie became the first rider to set a Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the route.

The Colorado High School Cycling League season kicked off for Northern Colorado athletes on Sunday, August 24, with the Cloud City Challenge in Leadville—the opening race for the Platte Division. Hosted at Colorado Mountain College’s 10,152-foot campus, the event put riders to the test on a high-altitude course featuring singletrack, doubletrack, and dirt roads, with sections of the CMC cross-country trail system and Lake County trails maintained by the Cloud City Wheelers. Each lap of the 6.2-mile course included 620 feet of climbing, run clockwise from a start/finish line at the college. Varsity riders completed three laps, while most other categories raced two.