"Gosh Dang It"

Gosh Dang It!!!
I have no idea how many times I repeated that during RAAM.  But you can ask any member of my crew and they can probably tell you.  "Gosh Dang It" was my way of coping with everything from frustration, to exhaustion, to traffic, to hills, the wind, to debris in the road, to dosing off to sleep on the bike and anything else that irritated me.  This was my way of handling it all.  I know it wasn't a very positive way, but it seemed to work for me. 
I would be climbing.  I would have just topped the hill.  I would look ahead and there would be another climb even steeper than the last one.  "Gosh Dang It!"
I would be in heavy traffic.  A car would come buzzing by me way too close.  "Gosh Dang It!"
I would be riding on a debris littered shoulder.  My front tire would run over a huge rock.  "Gosh Dang It"
A wind gust would blow me sideways on the road.  "Gosh Dang It!"
I would be so exhausted that I couldn't get my leg warmers on.  "Gosh Dang It"
RAAM isn't always about fun or enjoyment or beautiful scenery.  Sometimes it is about  "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It" "Gosh Dang It"
Just my way of getting through the whole thing.