Woohooooo! I had a GREAT time yesterday. The ride was fun and the company was fantastic! What a great group!

My goal was to just make it up and down safely, and it all worked out well. That last 17% grade section was pretty tough, but thankfully it is a short stretch. Veronica told me to watch my odometer and watch the 2/10ths tick over, but I forgot to switch my computer from grade to miles. So as I looked at it, I saw the grade go from 10% to 15%... I looked away before it showed 17%.

Jobob's husband, Lee was riding ahead of me and I was just staring at his back tire and trying to ignore my heart rate monitor, my screaming lungs and the car coming up behind me. I imagined Phil Liggett saying something like, "Every fibre of her body is telling her to stop, but she soldiers on with all her might!!" And as I got past half-way, I was determined and I just turned the pedals over.... Whew!!! When I got to the top, I felt like doing some pushups!! (inside joke).

I was pretty intimidated about doing this ride, but I'm really glad I went! Thanks to all! Let's do it again!