Dex, welcome to Seattle! Welcome to TE! Both Anabelle and Lola are very pretty girls.

I also signed up for the STP even though before this year I haven't biked very much at all. I'm excited and a little apprehensive about taking on such a big (for me) endeavor. I try to take it day by day, and increase my distance a bit every week. And I doubt you could be slower than me. I'm averaging 9 mph right now and I don't even have very many truly steep hills around here.