I embedded the video using code rather than the URL that WordPress allows you to do. Here is the updated version. Apologies for the techn0-mixup.
Some training trips are best communicated in pictures. I have lots of words in my head of course but will let these images most of the talking right now. This is a video of our ascent up Gates Pass south of Tucson, Arizona.
I felt so good on the bike I even pulled now and then. Thanks to Tucson Bike Rental for the Specialized Roubaix steed. And thanks to coach Steve Brandes and Madison Multisport for organizing this great trip.

But here’s a weird aspect of the one ride. We climbed twelve miles and 4000 feet up Mt. Lemmon. That was fine. I rode really well and enjoyed climbing through canyons and between the massifs like a Tour rider (on vacation.)I had good legs. It was a peak experience in a multitude of ways. The…
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