Hotterer and stickierer than yesterday. Made worse by the face that I was toying with some dude on a hybrid. He came out onto the MUP right behind me so I droped the hamer and noticed he was falling back but not as quickly as most people do. I kept the speed up for about 3 miles, rounded a bend where he couldn't see me, and bolted up into a dirt single track that I knew came out further down the MUP. I came back to the MUP and the guy was a couple hundred yards ahead now, so I chased him down but then sat 50 yards back. He may have had a full pannier, but I've got a draggy rear disk brake and knobby tires!

TGIF!