I'm ready for the cold to come on. I don't know, it just feels a little weird having it be almost 70 degrees at 7 in the morning at the end of October. Ultimately a nice ride in though. It rained all night, and I kept waking up thinking "damn" but by the time I got up, it shut off and blue sky was coming through.

I absolutely hear ya on the shoulders. I dislocated my left shoulder at the start of June, which wouldn't have been so bad, but then I did it AGAIN just over a month later on July 4th. And now here it is, almost 4 months later, and I'm still in almost constant pain (fortunately it didn't impede my biking for more than a week or so). The worst is trying to pull off a sweaty biking jersey -- not only is it really painful, but I'm doing it in a locker-room filled with muscleheads who must be amused watching me struggle and twist while groaning and ARGH-ing.