“August 17, 2000: 9/20 (and loving it!)”

Day's like today are what made me fall in love with cycling in the first place! It felt like the wind was always at my back, the slow side of every hill was short, and the fast side was long.

I'm starting to think that my performance is affected as much by my mood as it is by what I eat and how much sleep I get.

Today a customer, a very big customer, told me that we had finally "blown away" all opposition to our project, and that our proposal for a pilot project would be approved. That was the answer to a lot of prayers, and put me in a great mood.

So, on today's ride I "blew away" my top average speed for the year, reaching 17.68 miles per hour. Even better: my previous high for the year was just two days ago, at 17.46 mph.

Unfortunately, it's going to rain tomorrow, so it's looking less and less like I'll get in a full 20 rides this month. I'm not giving up yet, but I have to be realistic: taking only 3 days off out of the next fourteen will probably kill me. :-)

All in all, probably not a bad way to go... but I don't think Corinne would appreciate it!