Well, I guess it pays to ride angry. Got held up leaving work today, then traffic in town totally sucked, and when I got over the mountain and into the valley I got behind a joker that thought it was cool to cruise all the across the valley at 10 mph under the speed limit. So now I'm frustrated, managed to grab a worn out pair of bibs that I should have thrown away and lubed up the chamois before I realized it. Now I'm like, "F it,, I don't want to ride". But instead I put on the pink gear and grabbed the pink Davidson because pink is supposed to be calming, right? Wind in my face starting out but today I was riding with music and had put on AC/DC's Razors Edge. 7 or so angry miles into the ride I see that I'm a minute better than a 20 mph pace. So even though I figured the legs would die sometime in the ride I went after it. By mile 19 I was still better than a 20 mph pace even after having to do a quick turn around to grab the bottle I dropped. This mile though I had hopped on the bike path and I encounter 4 different riders that all reacted badly as I called out to pass. I slowed big time before I called because that just seems to be the norm. Lots a lot of time and energy dealing with them. Anyway, headwinds continued to grow and with about 4 miles left I was struggling at times to do 15 mph. But fortunately I had so much time in the bank from earlier I was able to finish with a 19.4 mph avg. Exact same route as yesterday. Unlike yesterday, my quads are sore now. Tomorrow will certainly be an easier day but at least I checked another bike off the list today.

24.98 miles, 1:17:06. 394ft 19.4 avg pace. What's weird is this really is the exact same route as yesterday yet there's a big difference in feet gained. Yesterday going out I stayed off one section of the bike path that parallels the road for a 4 mile section. Today I did that 4 miles on the path. It's literally about a yard to the side of the road hard to believe there's that much elevation change.