I just tallied up my estimated climbing for the month so far and I come up with 22,600'! I did not think I would make it to my goal, let alone go over 20,000'. I should be able to get in another 3,000' by month's end.

Since I don't have GPS and I'm using bikely.com maps, I deducted about 100' to 300' off of each ride as I just have this feeling it's over-estimating my climbing somewhat.

Best climbing ride was up Iron Mountain Road - bikely tells me 3,500' (we didn't make it all the way up...I think then it's over 5,000'). Best descent was on the same road - 44.6 mph - my fastest yet.

Seeing these numbers is a great motivator for me. Yahoo!