Hey, Maine Maid! I am a Mainer who has several friends who have ridden the Trek multiple times, and I have been "thinking" about it for several years. My son's girlfriend (age 23) asked me if I wanted to do it this year (and she didn't know I had been "thinking", otherwise known as procrastinating). So put to me directly I said "yes" in one of those hero moments that I couldn't take back! Seriously I am enthusiastic about it and I am going to put my trainer up in the living room this week and get going. I am age 63, so my goal is just to finish without doing anything spectacular. Let's keep each other motivated!