Training ride number 2!

The weather quickly rebounded after last week's snowfall and it managed to sneak back up into the 60s again this weekend. Today was awesome. I was tempted to slack off, quite honestly, but I've received a lot of encouragement this week in the form of sponsors for the Tour de Cure, and I sort of felt like if I didn't get out at least once this weekend I'd be letting those people down. And to those folks who have sponsored me, thank you so much! I really appreciate it more than you know!

So I managed to carve out a chunk of time today and go back to Fort Yargo state park to ride around. This time Donna and Scout had other things to do so it was a solo mission.

I think it was just a bit warmer than last week. However, the same hill that had me wishing for an oxygen mask last time nearly beat the snot out of me again. I have now officially given it the designation "The Hill Of Death". Actually it wasn't quite as bad as last week - in fact, I ended up riding up that hill twice. I managed to bump up my total mileage on today's ride to just over 8 1/2 miles. Hopefully this week we won't get any more blizzards, and I can actually get one or two rides in during the week after work.

Oh, and what does the picture have to do with my ride, you may be wondering? Nothing really. But isn't that just the cutest dog you ever saw?