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Phew, glad that's over!

Bloodletting number one in the books.
74 miles + 4:20 + lots of climbing = really sore legs today.

Not a whole lot to report from yesterday's ride other than it felt really good to do a group ride. Even if it was only a group of 2. Apparently, Mad Mike was having a trail day at the Snow Bowl so only one other soul showed up to enjoy the beautiful mid 70's day. Their loss. Jason and I ended up going out for a very good 2 hour ride hitting up almost all of the hills in the area. No real mountains but still plenty of rise for me to get my climbing legs on. At first I was afraid that having only one other rider there would mean a pretty casual, conversational pace but apparently after spending soooooo much time riding alone all it takes is one other person to bring out my competitive nature and before I knew it I was redlining on climbs (going beyond anaerobic and into ludicrous) and hammering on the flats.

By the time the "group" ride was finished I was VERY happy that I had decided to park where I'd get roughly 70 miles in instead of the possible 90. The legs still felt ok by the end but I could sense impending doom so I was more than happy to unclip with a bit of energy left in the tank. Being that it was my first longer ride of the season the shorter duration was probably for the best.

All for now.