QUADRUPEDAL 2008

Last year, my second serious training ride of the year was at Quadrupedal, a well-organized, local, supported charity ride that raises funds for the Iowa County Wisconsin animal shelter.

I have been suffering for a year now from post-traumatic hill disorder as a result.

I had never seen such hills.

I had never seen people ride bikes up such hills.

Over the course of a three-hour tour, I got to know those hills well, mostly because I spent a lot of time walking up them, pushing my bike.

Why did I go back? Probably the same morbid fascination that makes people rub their sore spots--to find out if they could possibly still hurt as much as the last time they checked.

Click on the elevation chart to see the PTSD tour of Quadrupedal.