Along with gear selection, I notice that as I get more into riding shape I tend to stand more often on the climbs. Rather than settle into a lowest gear grind, I'll shift up, stand up, speed up, sit down, shift down and spin. that takes a lot out of me when I'm out of shape, but I can do it fairly easily when my legs arrive.

During the club ride I did yesterday I felt like my legs were almost back, a good feeling. Another week and I think I will have my strength back, a few more weeks after that I'll have the winter weight off.