Awh, you all are the best! I was really stressing and added work and family drama was not helping! I like the idea of thinking of it in chunks. All it comes down to is three of my casual 20 milers, or 6 of my daily commute. The biggest climb ends at mile 20 and it seems to be rollers from there. So what if I climb at 8 MPH it's still better than the average overweight lazy American. I just feel a little lacking because I live in the fittest state, and probably city, in the US.

I ride horses and in endurance racing they say, "To finish is to win." I've adopted that motto to everything I try and this is no different. I know I am going to feel so awesome about myself once I'm done!

I don't know why but I was totally convinced that if I couldn't finish they would leave my sorry but out there as crow bait! I've decided SAG stands for Sexy A** Girl vehicle and I have NO shame getting in it! Attitude is definitely everything and if I can finish the Chain Breaker, 14 miles of MTB chain destroying hell, I can handle this!

This might get a little emotional but for my grandma as a very Catholic woman, nothing was more important than midnight mass on Christmas Eve. A few years back I talked a friend into attending service with me and I broke down crying. I swore my grandma was with me there in that church and it brought me back to my faith. I try to attend midnight mass every year since. I KNOW she will be with me supporting me on this ride. She was the grandma that encouraged me to ride my horse, and be a strong, confident woman. With her by my side, I can't fail.