Yesterday my excuse was gymnastic meet, kids. I rode today up the mesa then Jemez dam road, Algodones and then up Placitas via Camino Manzano and Diamond Tail rd for some tough climbs and then past the paved portion of 165. I climbed an additional 3 miles of snow packed gravel. Actually when the gravel is wet it is doable to climb it on skinny tires as the earth is more packed. I may have made the 8 miles of this road where it joins the Sandia Crest road, but I know I would not make it home before Sunset. 83 miles today but now I am feeling a bit sick from overdoing it. 3 miles of downhill on the snow on slicks is as idiotic as it gets. Also I do not want to be flattened by the 4 wheel drive trucks going downhill, but all of them were nice and actually encouraging. Such is New Mexico where the wood chuck cagers are nicer than the city cagers. I did enjoy it today, even though the PM numbers are dismal compared to what I have been getting lately. Oh well such are base type miles. I do love New Mexico and lucky to live here.

Yes Harden The F' Up HTFU.