Hey, KSH, I'm not seeing the pictures?
Wow, reading about your month makes me amazed and tired! You are so dedicated, and it is clear that you are training a strong mind.
I have been doing a lot of whining lately because our snow makes it so that if I want to get in any climbing of any duration, it is up/down, up/down, repeats of the same stretches of road ad nauseum. Sounds like you must have done a BUNCH of loops around that 9 mile lake circuit to get your 70 miles that day. Good for you!
Wow.
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury