Today Willis chose to ride Paige Mill to Moody route, this is a steep climb and is an exhausting ride. I felt pretty decent myself regardless of doing a fourth ride in five days in which two rides totaled 77 miles for me. Willis and I were at the front of the pack, consisting of Willis, Myself, Hilario, Paige and Kevin. Willis hasn't been riding much the last three weeks due to an illness and ankle injury, Willis mentioned he didn't feel strong, so since this is Willis' strongest ride, I decided to stay with him as long as I can and see how strong he really was. With flying colors he showed me he was strong and pounded me the last 200 yards of Paige Mill. When I got to the top and Willis and I caught our breathe, I complimented him on a good climb. His response was "you A-hole, you pushed me!" With a smile, I replied " I wanted to see how strong you really were". With that, I felt that by June 17th, Willis will be ready for the " Race of Truth" as he put it. Paige came in strong also, about 50 feet behind me and looking strong on her new, shiny, fast Trek 5200. The rest of the ride, we all took it easy and enjoyed the pace back to the office.