Well, I don't know about that, Starfish. But thanks. You know, we all just do what we can. Seems like my training right now is pretty climbing intensive. Which is ironic because honestly I am not a great climber - I am persistent and steady but by no means fast on the climbs. I used to be a lot faster. Working on it.

At the beginning of the month, I wasn't planning to do the ride with the 19,000 feet of climbing I did on Saturday. But then it started to seem like a good idea.