http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ny/niskayuna/96695656

This afternoon's ride after my daughter's arrival from college. I spent the morning donating some time to the Roots and Wisdom opening of the garden on Fehr Avenue, Schenectady, NY.

Hot ride. It was nearly 80 F this afternoon at 5 pm!! A change in the weather. It hadn't hit 70 F during the day since September, 2008.

This follows a Monday lactic acid burn-off after the Battenkill.
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ny/niskayuna/137306707

It wasn't 38 but more like 45 F, with a stiff, I mean STIFF wind maybe 20 knots from the SSE. So on the way out, east more or less, it was brutal. We kept losing riders off the back. Bitter.