I'm just going to forget the woman in the beige Camry who ignored my signal to change lanes and then accelerated to 45mph or so (on a 25mph limit street) so she could sit an extra 30 seconds at the red light. I'll ignore the fact that the maneuver was stupid, illegal, inefficient, and just plain assholish. I hope your day improves from there, lady. I really do.

Anyway, mine did. I decided I hadn't been riding the tri bike enough this year so I brought it out for my own personal ITT on the American River Bike Trail. (Now I know that we have all sorts of arguments about whether it's a good idea to ride fast on MUPs, but the lower section of the ARBT is basically a bike highway at 7:30am on weekdays and most folks on it are seasoned commuters and fitness riders. So it really wasn't an issue once I got out on it. )

Basically, this ride reinforced LeMond's Law: It never gets easier, you just go faster.