Week two is now behind us. Ballots have been sent by email to the panelists for the coaches' polls. And, now we stop to evaluate the week that just went by.

One thing is for certain. Colorado can support more than one grinder meet. What isn't so clear yet is whether Colorado would support all those grinder meets distributed over the course of the season. Note that the Platte Canyon race on the Rosalie Property, the Delta Devil's Thumb Hill Climb, the Battle Mountain Husky Invitational, and the Lake County Invitational all took place over a span of three days. Other than the Snow Mountain Ranch Invitational and the Clear Creek Golddigger Invitational, what grinder meets remain to be contested? This was very definitely the weekend for high vertical ascent rates. And, most of the teams that participated now have that out of their ...