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In some sense today was another travel day: traveling towards the two big days into San Francisco. Today was supposed to be 43 miles, but I ended up doing 49 miles due to a few side trips. I ended the day riding with Jim and Anne. Anne is really strong on the uphills; Jim, is a good all-rounder.

Both have been faster than me this entire ride, but today I hung w/ them pretty well, even through some pretty sick, but thankfully short, climbs. Bob, our fastest rider, had a reading of 22.3% for a short pitch and asked everyone else who came in afterwards whether they "made it" up the climb, i.e. w/o walking. Jim, Anne, and I made it, though of course Anne led the way on the steep stuff.

So it was a good day, and my knee never really complained, even after some long climbs the previous day. This is a good thing, as tomorrow is the toughest of the tour: 72 miles and 5400 feet climbing. I certainly felt better today, maybe due to more sleep (6h 41m!), maybe the knee is coming round, maybe I'm getting tougher, or some combination of the above.

Only 145 miles until San Francisco, and my daughter Blue's nuptials!

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