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Originally Posted by fern46
That's really awesome progress and such great exercise. Are you finding that the vigorous exercise lifts your mood?
I feel like I would freak out riding on an incline like that. You're so brave!
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Rather than "brave" I think I should call it foolish.

The whole ride lifts my mood in a number of ways. First, the descent is a serious adrenaline rush. Then the workout of the climb generates serotonin so it's good for me, too. There's another endorphin released, but I can't recall it now.
To give you a sense of how steep and curvy the descent is, I have in the past overtaken cars because the car has to slow down for the curves but a bike can lean into them and keep a higher speed. I have done this more than once. Not smart. Today it was a conscious choice to stay behind the truck despite the fact that he was slowing me down.