w2brdbkr -- trust me, I'll be chatting only with myself up that hill...... "you can do it, you can do it, push! push! push!" like I did in February. My lungs were working full capacity and my cadence was very low. Thanks for your encouragement though.
Actually I like cold weather, though I am a cold-weather wimp and like to bundle up. I am not ready for heat yet.... it's supposed to be 90+ tomorrow. As I'm aging my heat tolerance is getting lower and lower and when I heat up, I get HOT very fast. I'll take cold weather and dress in layers any day.