Re-cycling a black memory

On Saturday morning, on my second ever attempt, I finally conquored Canberra's infamous Black Mountain without stopping. My last attempt was over 6 months ago, and was quite a struggle. Last time took me 40 minutes to ride to the top. Last time I had to stop and rest four times on the way up. Last time I nearly died.

This time I made it up and down in 25 minutes. This time I didn't stop at all (not even at the top). This time I continued riding another 25km around Lake Burly Griffin afterwards. This time I conquored the beast!

... and yes, I'm just a little proud of this :)