35 miles today. The first nine miles included an eight mile climb. Not MUCH of a climb, mind you, just enough for aching legs to know it was there. And talk to me about it, continuously. I should hang my head in shame over this one, but maybe an 8mph pace is just what DH deserved for getting me out of bed so outrageously early? I'm just lucky he didn't get me up as early as he was talking yesterday -- he wanted to be on the road before sunrise!

(maybe it makes a difference that besides being a gentle uphill, we were also riding into the wind?)

Once we FINALLY got to the top, it was a wonderful downhill run -- TOTALLY worth the work of getting there!

Karen in Boise