I am in!

December 10th, 8am. I am in the Caltrain on my way to work when a friend of mine tells me about this event. I have no clue what this is. All I knew was that it was somewhere mountains and it was quite challenging. "It opens for registration at 9:30am and it is going to be sold out very quickly" he tells me.
"Great" I think "I will look it up and register once I know what this is about".

9am. I am about to check the route online and my manager enters my office. We talk and talk and talk for an hour. When he finally leaves, I remember my friend's words "It is going to be sold out very quickly". It is already 10am and I still have no idea what this race is really about. "What the heck" I think, "I will figure that out soon enough". Name, age, address, credit card number of course... A few minutes later, the final sentence arrives: you got a new email.

Hello Death Rider! Thank you for your registration for the 2010 Tour of the California Alps Death Ride.
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It may be time for me to check out the website and see what this is. That's when I realize what I had got into.



Ok, that's what this is all about: 129miles and 15,000ft elevation. And then I remember a phrase my friend told me: "I did not make it to the end last time. I had to give up". That should have ring a bell I guess...

Anyhow, here I am, and here is my journey through my training to reach this goal. I will make it.