So I had to stop a couple times before I got to the top because I literally ran out of energy. I "bonked" as they call it in endurance sport lingo. Which means I had no energy left to push it and it takes everything you have just to keep going and you do.
I think if I hadn't gone on a long motorcycle ride the day before and maybe gotten a bit more food in me before I left and brought some nutrition with me other than one bottle of water, I could have made it to the top. So, now I am going to save up my legs and try again next week I think.
I went with my cousin Matt and he is in insane shape, he also had a trials bike which is much like a road bike so the gearing was a bit better as were the tires and many other factors. He literally could ride circles around me while I was riding. The gearing on my mountain bike allows a high cadence but a very slow speed. So, I didn't really move very fast.
This ride really makes me want a road bike so that Atlas Peak Rd and other such rides would be more fun than painful hehehe.
