Well, I ended up pushing pretty hard today. My right knee was screaming for relief as I pushed up the second climb to Vivian. When I reached the bottom the first time, I felt I needed more so I turned around and headed up again. When I got to the bottom the second time I felt I wanted to do it again but the light was fading fast and I didn’t put my NiteRider light on my bike when I left this evening.

I could have ridden for another hour or so – too much stress to work off. I did bring my Samsung YEPP YP-T7Z 1GB flash mp3 player wich also has an FM tuner in it (oh, and it plays OGGs!!!). It rocks. I listend to NPR this evening – All Things Considered followed by Market Place then Radio West and ended the evening as I rode home listening to jazz.

Today’s grueling ride:

• 35.91mi
• 15.6mph ave
• 885ft gain
• 2h 17m 17s