Going up!

We had our last big training before Nationals on Saturday. It started of cold (36 degrees) but it turned out to be a beautiful day of climbing in the N. Georgia mountains. The autumn leaves and colors were peaking and it feels like we are as well. Lisa says we logged ~83 miles, 16,500 feet of elevation (11,300 on bike, 5,200 on foot) in a shade around 10 hours. I was feeling good about it until she pointed out that means that after you consider any paddling/coasteering/navigation, the nationals race course will still have to be twice as steep over the same distance as what we did. Great.

Tonight, we pack up our bikes and bid them adieu for their cross country trip to Santa Barbara. Hopefully, we'll see them on the other side.