Tacked on a couple extra miles to last night's ride home to help clear my head a little. The weather was pretty nice. Could have been a bit cooler, but at least it wasn't blast furnace hot like it has been sometimes this summer.

Contended with the rain on the way in this AM, but from what I've gathered from ppl who arrive at work before I do and from the rain shower we just had, my commute in was during a lull in the rain. It was still a good trial run with the Coleman poncho I picked up at a discount store last week for a couple dollars. The poncho worked great. Kept my upper body dry w/o making me too hot. Only problem was when the back got to blowing around in my wake, it rendered my glasses-mounted mirror somewhat useless. Something to ponder over for possible improvements.

I can still tell from the way my legs are reacting that I hadn't ridden much the two weeks prior, but I'm starting to feel better.