Assessing

This has been the season to "reassess". Something about the economy, job market, and cost of gas keep driving home the point (to me) that I need to make sure my house is in order.

I've reassessed the closets at home and purged a bunch of stuff. I've reassessed some of my projects and instead of haring off on new projects I'm finishing some backlog.

I'm reassessing my job and my fitness goals.

( introspective stuff )

So there it is.

Now what?
*Do I think I can do 3 of the 5 passes in Deathride? Not sure. I couldn't have last Sunday. I was going to try a second ascent to the 1K elevation marker, but my feet felt like they were on fire and I was having an allergy attack that was mucking up my contacts, so I declined to incline.

*It's an expensive race and trip; if I can't do more than a single pass, what's the point of going? With cost considerations in the mix would it be better to just sit it out this year until I know I can do 60% of it?

* If I go and do just one pass, what have I gained? I've dragged my family to Markleeville, taken some vacation time, spent a chunk of money and I do a single pass which might be less overall climbing that Mt Diablo.

I'm curious: If you've bothered to read this far, what would you do?

( my answer )