I'll join in:

When I started with a group of mnt bikers in the 90's I was so slow climbing I would have to wake them up from a nap on top of a 6% 2 mile hill.

I did a mnt bike ride in Mexico, La Montana Grande, I'm on my klein and some kid passes me on a kmart bike with reflectors on a climb. /cry

Once during a race I had read that cutting up your power bars would save you time and chewing (back before gels), so I did and placed them just under the ellastic of my shorts for easy reach. Well the sweat disolved them and at teh finish line I had power-gu mushing thru my shorts like some kinda play-doh toy.