Last weekend I had a wake-up call and realized that my very hard cycling vacation is in only 5 weeks, and I better train!

So, 70 flat miles yesterday, about half with some slower girlfriends.

Today I got out with DataJunkie & a clubmate, and did 70 miles of my absolute favorite local ride - a climb up to 9300 feet, which is completely amazing this time of year. It was sunny and beautiful but only 35*F up there, and I brought a whole extra wardrobe for the 20 miles of descending and was glad to wear every bit of it.