I don’t usually like to compare myself to others (unless favorably), but I’ve been doting over 44|5 Cycling Tours’ Strava club stats lately, mainly to see how my training for one of the toughest one-day cycling events in the world is going. So far I’m usually in the top ten of this relatively small group of riders (162) in all categories, but I finally stepped up to the top on climbing last week.

What I probably don’t know is that Mark and Rich were on recovery weeks. This will need to continue as the weeks inexorably roll down the road towards July 13th. If you’d like to keep to make it even more difficult on me, click on the link above and join the club.