That was easily....

...one of the worst days I've had on the bike in quite a while.

• Felt like I was riding in wet concrete almost the whole time.
• Caught up to another rider and hung with him for a while... until he dropped me like a sack of hammers.
• My ass hurt for a good part of the ride. (What's up with that? I thought I had already done my "break-in" for the season).
• About 2/3 of the way through, my legs started barking at me pretty badly.
• I had a headwind on the way home, seemingly without the benefit of the tailwind on the way out.
• Near Edgewater, I ran out of "gas" and had to mow down some Shot Blocks and a Clif Shot.
• About a half mile from home, my left quad cramped up so badly that I couldn't pedal for a little while -fortunately, that section is downhill....

....oh, and I flatted, too.

But, all in all, it was still better than the best day at work....