I always thought it was funnier & more deflating just to outrun the person. "You want a piece? Catch me! Oh, you can't? Too bad!"

Niiiiiice ride this morning. Low 30s. Light-to-nonexistent tailwind. Sunrise making the sky sort of orange. I heard a really weird noise in the sky while I was riding through woods, then once I got next to Lake Champlain and could see up, I saw a hot air balloon. Cool! Passed one woman on a bike, and saw two other riders going the other way. I wonder how cold it'll get before I'm the only one out there again.