Sunny and mid-40s riding home again today. The ride in was cancelled due to an over zealous snooze button finger; I had to beg a ride from my wife, which sucked, as I need that morning ride like I need my morning coffee. Without either, I feel out of sorts and foggy, and it can take hours to find my work flow. Thankfully it was a slow start at work. Soon, missing the morning ride will ruin my entire day.

I clock in at 7, right when we open the doors, and during tourist season there's often 20 to 30 people lined up out front waiting for breakfast; we'll fill up and be on a wait by 7:30, and stay on a wait all the way to closing. So it's go time for me as soon as I get there, full speed ahead, can't-stop-won't-stop mode all day long, and if I'm not running hard from minute one then I spend all day playing catch-up; forget about finding my flow state, it'll be all I can do to keep from drowning.

Damn it, summer season starts in two weeks. I'm going to need to start buying Red Bull by the case again.

There's a guy I occasionally see commuting in the summer on a single speed road bike that I, for the life of me, can not keep up with, and I'm a pretty fit guy myself who almost never gets passed. The first few times he passed me and left me eating dust, I told myself that it was because I slow down to pass other trail users and he doesn't; which is true, the dude's an utter terror on the trail. Then he passed me once at the beginning of a long, empty straightaway, and I gave it my all to keep him in sight. I managed for about two miles before I had to tap out and downshift.