Best training ride yet. The long steady climb allowed me to hit my marks. RPE was higher for my HR than it has been. Hard correlated to 180-186. Med ~165-175. Soft at mile 4.5, sloppy at mile 5.5. Fair amount of snow up top. Ended up walking a fair amount. The extra resistance of the soft surface and snow, with the elevation had me working harder than intended. Cdog can’t maintain 15mph for 6 miles and I didn’t see specific training objectives for the descent, so I played around on rocks and enjoyed a slow return trip. I also wanted to keep some matches to burn tomorrow. Osprey pack with 2 liters of water and one bottle carbo rocket. Pretty much felt good/strong. Elevation definitely effected me later in ride. 9/10.