Gray, you're fine. Keep riding, keep reading, keep asking. Everything I know about cycling I learned here (except what I learned from my LBS and KnottedYet). I could not have done ALC 4 times* or even once without this board.

One day you'll look out and "oh, it all makes sense! bike fit, cadence, the etherial elusive saddle/shorts relationship, it all makes sense to me now!"

I hope to see you in 2010

*not including crewing, which was harder than riding.