Thanks guys!

V - I don't think solo 508. At least not this year. Nicole the woman I rode with who did the 508 solo ruined her knees training for it. She apparently ended up walking the last hills on the 600k. The 508 has about 30,000 feet of climbing, so it's much tougher - though you have support.

Nancy - I think I am due a pinot gris myself... Your report and emailed details helped TREMENDOUSLY. That's so funny about your dream. Did your mother tell you to do another 600? Or was she just a quiet observer? You know, I guess it is segments that I remember. You're right that it is a lot like childbirth. I have these vague recollections of them having trouble getting the epidural in, and pictures in my mind of all the blood on the sheets from the missed epi attempts when they finally moved me to the operating table. Throughout the childbirth and my hospital stay, I had these desires for a rice krispy treat from the coffee cart in the hospital lobby and no one would bring me one, even after I was done. The food images run through everything. But the 600 is a bit like that. I know a lot of it will fade and I will just have these images. Control to control is sort of how the segments are broken up.

My favorite part of your report was the image of you grabbing your crotch and, I think, swearing. When I was riding, I had things happen, like animals in the bushes and I thought "I read that in Nanci's report."