If I move into the small ring, it's a HILL. If I move to the big one on the back end, (what the heck do we call those?) it's a MOUNTAIN. Never mind if it's really a mountain or not, it's a MOUNTAIN.

Some days, magic happens and what was a HILL last time I rode it is suddenly a MOUNTAIN. Sometimes other magic happens and the HILLs become hills.

If I'm climbing a MOUNTAIN and have to keep telling myself "I think I can I think I can," then there's a BIG party at the top, even if it's just going on inside my head!

Some of the hills I ride are invisible. My legs feel them, but my eyes can't see them. Those aren't for repeats, but anything else qualifies -- if I'm in the mood to punish myself! (though the last time I did that, it was a biggun that I'd never gotten all the way to the top of before, and I did it!)

Karen in Boise