A harder-than-usual 22.8 last night as I rode the downwind leg home by myself, stuck between the high-powered C group and the pokey D group...it's frustrating to watch the pack pull away at 24mph when six weeks ago I'd have been leading the charge. Then back home, a dip in the pool, some Thai chicken for dinner (sans wine since I'd forgotten to chill any white), then an overtired haze of not a whole lot before an early bedtime. Bottom line: taking a month off isn't good, getting back up to speed is worse, and riding 85 windy miles and Florida's newest hill will just plain wipe you out.

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