Today I rode up Iron Mountain Rd. near Pollock Pines with a good friend of mine. I think there are some TE'ers out there who are familiar with this road. The best pavement in our County (with some shoulders even!), absolutely beautiful views, and loads of climbing! We only made it 12.5 miles up (started at the first dam at Sly Park), but that was plenty far enough for me. I surprised myself by making it that far...it was hard work, but I wasn't dying. I could've gone farther if we had stopped to rest, but we decided to head back to the car and go out to lunch instead!

Coming back down the hill was a blast. I hit a new personal speed record...41.5 mph! Our overall average speed was just 11.5...took us about an hour and a half to ride up the road and only about 20 minutes to ride back!