Tues, April 16th (Day 1 - 3.6mi to TH, then 6.3miles to the Saddle before Collins Canyon)
Arrived in Tucson and met Fred Scott at the airport. One of my challenges on this trip was figuring out how I would get to, and back from, the Trail heads. I signed up as an Individual Time Trial, so I was not departing when everyone else was. My plan was to go a little slower and probably get more sleep than the rest of the racers but I wanted to finish the entire AZT 300 before I had to fly back to Boston. Brian Wacik, a fellow Peaks Coaching Group Coach, who lives in Tucson introduced me to Fred, who was my travel savior! Fred just purchased a camper and was hoping to test it out at a campground before his next big trip and volunteered to take me down to Parker Canyon Lake, where he would camp out and I would start my trip. By the time I set up my bike, (Thanks to Ben's Bike Shop for a great location and company while I did this), and drove down to the Campground it was pretty late in the afternoon. I loaded up my bike bags and started for the trail head. After a cou...