I didn't do all the climbs I'd intended two, but I did one I didn't (Coleman Valley in the direction the ToC went). The Mill Creek wall was a little demoralizing. I had to stop and catch my breath at one point when this young whippersnapper breezed right past me. When I saw him on his way down as I was still heading up (it's a nasty 1/4 mile section) I thought to myself "He better not be doing hill repeats". But as fate would have it, he was--he passed me twice in the uphill direction during my one torturous journey up