I want to know where to get a little bracelet that says "HTFU" .... I totally love that. That's my new mantra when I am getting the crap beat out of me in Defensive tactics (my old one was,"Ow!").

I listen to good music in the one bud of my ipod I wear, and start off every ride remembering my personal motto of life in general, "No pain, no palm, no guts, no glory; no thorn, no throne; no cross, no crown." Everything worth doing is hard. Then I hit it. I may tell myself a the beginning that I am going for a nice spin, but I always wind up pushing harder, faster, longer.

Best hill climbing song, "Gangsta's Paradise"