I conquered my nemesis hill! It's not terribly steep, but it's long, and the pavement is awful. (Ohio's philosophy on road repair is to patch it until it becomes cost-ineffective, then repave it.) On the way up, I think my lungs wanted to remove themselves from my chest cavity and whack me upside the head, but I made it. BF had gone on ahead and was waiting for me at the stop sign at the top. He grinned and said "Well done!" I gave him a quizzical look, for I was too busy guzzling half of my water bottle to talk. Then he pointed to my chain wheels. I was still in the big ring! I seemed to have had a brain fart on the way up. No wonder I wanted to not move for a bit!

Rest of the ride went well, though.