I can't believe I actually did this on Saturday. I did Heartbreak Hundred in Lebec, CA. Most I had ever climbed in one ride was 4,500 in Solvang in March and on a shorter training ride since then. I always teased that my husband was nuts for doing rides with such horrendous names as Heartbreak Hundred, Breathless Agony, etc. All with stupid tons of climbing, which he's really good at. I was NEVER gonna do such ridiculous rides!

Well, I did such a ridiculous ride. Dh came within 11 minutes of the course record. I was just glad not to be the last one in, or even close to the last one in. But I did it. It's an awesome feeling to have accomplished something so grand. Makes you feel like you can do anything. The piddly 4,000 feet of climbing in the Cool Breeze Century that I opted to do the shorter Metric Century version of last year seems like a piece of cake by comparison. Can't WAIT to do that one now!

I CLIMBED 8,500 FEET IN 100 MILES!!!!!!!!!! (And survived to tell about it.)