Riding up Avon "Mountain" in the heat

Today I rode up Avon "Mountain". It was pretty warm but it needed to be done after class in West Hartford. I weighed myself this morning and noticed the weight creeping up a bit so more frequent training is necessary I think ... granted I've only been racing the flat Tuesday night criterium so it's not super important. However you always want to keep fit for various things. Despite the scale I noticed a suppleness in my pedal stroke today up the climb that had been missing. It was rather easy to ride up it without effort so that's a plus. On the downside I noticed traffic back up, from some sort of accident I think, so I went off road until I found another side road. The adventure through the grass / gravel was fun and entertaining. All in all a good ride. Then after the ride I got a grape coolata. These are heavenly after a hot ride. Anyway tomorrow is the Tuesday night battle at Rentschler, providing it doesn't rain.