This Saturday Brian and I rode a 200km around Rice Lake.  Wind was mild from the east and weather was still quite cold.  The ride was very hilly with about 1475 m total climbing.  Riding time was about 10 1/2 hours.  This is encouraging since while in British Columbia total climbing and distance will be similar.  Sunday we did a faster 47km ride on skinnier tires.  Today we will cross train with weights and swimming.