The first big ride?

Today was tufff, I could still feel the burn from the day before. We woke up at 9 today in our attempt to be daylight people, we were zombies till about 2 in the afternoon, good thing Van Helsing didn't show up at the apartment till 3. My purchases are further winding down, I bought some more socks and a space age air pump, I just lack the trailer, my R2 unit. We got back from that trip and I prepared for my first day on the road. I sported the FrogTogs, my rain suit, I look like an astronaut in them, thanks Travis for the recommendation, but they are extremely light and well fitted. I must confess, they are white and say UT on the breast, this breaks my heart as an Aggie, but its the brightest one they had, regular FrogTogs are army green, that will blend in uncomfortably too well with the jungle environment I'll be in. The ride: from I35 to 183 via William Canon, 14 miles round trip. On google maps it looks real easy and flat, but this thing is all hills, you are going up or down the suckers here. Downhill I'm going 30 miles an hour, uphill I was hitting a blazing speed of 7mph. It took me an hour, the uphill muscles were shot, the taint region numb, but I still had a little bit more in me. I learned a few things today, how to feel comfortable with car traffic, when to be in which gears, and why Lance Armstrong is the balls: THE HILLS.I received an email from my mentor hIrScH today. When I told him I was waiting a month for training he advised me to go ahead and hit the trail, even if the first day I only make 30 miles, you'll catch 40 the next, just get out there. Good mentor point, I'm going to stick with my 1 month though, I need to get these applications for MBAs out, I'm dragging butt on that, and I'm also looking forward to making some trips to Houston to see my buddies and to Sonora to see Cody. I'm getting antsy to get out on the road.
I'm in the middle of a cool book right now "Tales of 2 cities", a gift from my brother, a comparative study on why the US and South America grew up so differently. The study is performed by analyzing the day to day life of a slave boy in Baltimore and an indigenous girl in Ecuador.
That last paragraph made me feel so smart, oooo, got to go Sponge Bob is on.