Much better today, the soreness yesterday must have been anomalous. Repacking my front hub also helped, after my over-exuberantly plowing through 2-foot deep flooded sections washed out the grease, which caused the hub to emit a hideous racket. It also reduced my speed by an imperceptible but nevertheless distressing amount. A little cleaning and grease and all is well.

It's almost like swimming to work here with humidity around 95% with temperatures lingering still in the 90's, and no end in sight. Intermittent thunderstorms are predicted every day through the weekend, which affords the opportunity to appear resolute, with the strength of noble dedication even, though as we all know here the reality is more mundane - we just like to ride.