10-17-07-Page Mill climb.gpx-t0

I suck at climbing – today was horrible, just horrible – I’m at an all-time low – this climb took over an hour today – 8 minutes slower than I did last week with Dennis Pedersen. He did a fantastic time of 44:10 – what I wouldn’t give to have a time like that some day – and just a few short months ago, I could have done very close to that – about 48:45, according to the climbing conversion chart that I found at the 1995 LKHC website. I really need to re-think my training program right now – it’s time to get back to basics and start having fun again, instead of trying to always get a new PB or even match a PB from 6 months ago, like I’m trying to do right now – I’m just, basically, trying way to hard and it’s killing me. Plus, I need to get back to riding just about every day, period. And doing a LOT more climbing, too – but the fun climbing, and not the really hard kind that kills your motivation and spirit…