I woke up this morning with the intention of having an easy day. Last night was an anaerobic power workout that had left my legs wobbly, and Sunday's weather forecast was so pleasant I was considering a century ride. Today should have been relaxing.

Well. Ms. Spitfire and Energy woke up biting at the bit to do Rapha's #rideandseekbdr scavenger hunt. She was already dressed for riding while I was still sipping my coffee at the kitchen table. In my curiosity, I pulled up the list of participating Instagram accounts and created a spreadsheet to track clues and possible locations for the hidden water bottles.

When we figured out that one of the water bottles was hidden up a nearby climb, she set off while I continued researching clues. As the garage door closed, I discovered a second account had hidden a water bottle only a little bit further away on the same climb. Well. Shit. If it was so close...

So. I rushed to get dressed. After emailing myself the spreadsheet with clues and guesses, I headed out. At the bottom of the hill, Tina texted saying she did not get the first bottle but was going for the second. But, there were other people already ahead of her.

I took a quick left and headed to Flagstaff Mountain where I knew another bottle was hidden. After a fairly quick climb to Realization Point, another biker appeared from a snowy trail where they had already found the water bottle. Darn darn darn.

So, I turned around and headed down Flagstaff with the goal of going for a water bottle near Eldorado Springs. On the way down I took a break to see if that water bottle had already been found. It had. Shoot!

Obviously at this point I was committed to finding a bottle, so I pulled up the spreadsheet and started hunting for new quarry.

While standing there, Tina texted me and said to hold fast: there might be another Flagstaff bottle! There was! Naturally, it involved climbing 1700' to the top of Super Flagstaff, but at the end the bottle was mine. Victory!

What did I win? Fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory. Also, a water bottle, pair of socks, and @maurten_spain gels. I may skip the century tomorrow.