Oh I never have bad days.

I put my first scratch in my bike yesterday changing the rear tire. I dropped the chain - DUH! I was so mad. I know it had to happen eventually, but it was just stupid and clumsy.

The weather has been really iffy this week so I haven't been riding to work. A wet grade book would be a bad thing. I want a real spring and soon!

I had a good ride on Saturday. The volunteers for the Devil Mountain Double ride the course the week before, marking it and noting anything that should go into the route sheet. The full course is 205 miles, 20,000 feet of climbing. I knew I wasn't going to do the full thing. I got to mile 91 (9,000! feet of climb.) and decided my back was ready to be done. There were five of us riding on Saturday - only one finished. It took HER about 17 hours. My husband and I shadowed her for the last 25 miles. She finished at about 11 PM. Totally inspiring. A really nice group of people - very supportive and enthusiastic. I don't know that I would ever find doing the whole course fun - I'm not sure about that riding at night thing. But they offer a shorter version, a double metric, that I may try next year.

And I am now less upset about the scratches in Fluffy.


Veronica