Owlie, getting rattled like that right off the bat can be hard to recover from--especially when it's hot. Your next ride will be better.

Today I only went about 25 miles during a JDRF group ride (hubby is a coach...next year I hope to join the team, too). Yesterday I completed my first HOT, STEAMY century ride. It was awesome! I would have been SUPER awesome had it been 10 degrees cooler and 25% less humid. But even so I had a really great time (except for maybe 55-74 miles in...when I thought I might die from the heat and a few stretches of crappy MI roads...stupid chipseal!).