Got another good ride in this Saturday. A problem with having a best friend that lives 27mi away is borrowing and exchanging tools. The hardest part is making it over the mountain twice. He bought new brakes for his bike and needed the cable cutters, so I figured I'd just ride over there. Enjoyed the new route I made for going through the city, much easier, less complicated. Got to his house in just over 2 hours due to a bridge lift though.
Going home was about as easy, except for the splitting headache I had when I started the ride home.
It amazes me though, every time I have done this ride I have climbed the mountain 3 minutes faster than the time before, and my descent has also gotten faster, even though every time I go up I feel like it's still hard, and I felt like I didn't do so well this time, but the numbers show I've improved. Can hardly wait to see how I improve in the next year.