Welcome aboard Riedelmaster. Its good to see so many new posters joining the old timers. We have some serious speed demons on the VLC these days. Cigtech I'll have to try some of your suggestions to see how they work on my ride. I've already found it works well for me to ride hard for two days and then have a day when I ride easier and recover a bit and then push hard the next couple of days. I find this helps with both speed and endurance.

Had a nice ride this morning with many more bike commuters showing up every day. Its so routine now that the ride hardly merits comment.