Since posting I've done some hill work out with my wife, mixing some in when I can, but the weather has been somewhat prohibitive of riding, so it wasn't as much as I hoped. Til today that is, when our tri team president took me out for what was supposed to be a mini group ride. Our other riders bailed due to the threat of inclement weather (June turned into September last week), so it was just Sunny and I. We went through a pretty hilly section of one of the suburbs of Boston, and then to what is basically an abandoned stretch of road with only an apartment community in it that lends itself to some nice loop repeats with some climbs.

Unfortunately, with the hills on the way there, one trip through the loop was all I could muster knowing that I had to still deal with the hills on the way home. The good news is that 2 weeks ago I wouldn't have gotten through as much as I did. And there was still a hill I didn't even want to try because I knew I would wind up making at least 2 stops on the way up.

2 1/2 months to go til the big race.