The dog days are over

In my last post, I wrote about my waning motivation during the Dog Days of the season (evidently this lack of motivation applies to blog posts as well!). Well, tomorrow is Ride 542, the Mount Baker hillclimb, and I am as fired up as I was in June. Last night, I went for a ride after work and after about ten minutes of riding, the enthusiasm had returned. I felt great the entire ride and am really looking forward to tomorrow's effort. I'll be trying to better my time from last year (1:45:23) and I think I've got a really good shot at it. My wife and her family are even going to make a day of it and come out to cheer all the riders on. I'll let you know how it all turns out.