I agree! Catrin, it is interesting to read of your adventures. It makes me wish I had written something down when i started, though I still remember many of the interesting things that happened on some of my rides.
Darcy, I am just not intense about the stuff you describe. If I was, I would hate riding. I don't ever look at it as training. It's just what I do. After ten years, I have to keep it fun. I've been exercising and been involved with fitness for over 30 years; after a good case of exercise obsession, weighing 92 pounds, and injuries galore, I know what will happen. Like Oakleaf, I am a pretty good climber (compared to the rest of my riding!), because I am light weight, I am good at shifting, and the piddly bit of running I do has really improved my fitness.
My DH has 2 GPS's (both are "old" now). The only reason he used them was so we didn't get lost and for like maybe a couple of weeks after he had 2 cardiac stents put in, making a feeble attempt to follow doctor's orders (yea, they told him not to ride hard, but after 8 days he was climbing the hills in Harvard, MA). A few people in my riding group have them, primarily for the same reason. They probably are looking at their stats, but I never hear them discuss it.