I rode last night, 21 miles. When I started out I felt like doing the hilliest version of my weeknight hill ride, but as I rode I decided my legs were not up for it. But I still did one of the more challenging versions, and then added some loops around flat neighborhoods at the end. It was a good ride.

It was in the high 70s and I actually felt cool at the start. It was much more like spring than summer. Also much more like spring -- with the low humidity, there was all kinds of pollen (and/or dust) in the air, and it stuck to my contact lenses and made my eyes hurt a lot. Pollen levels are officially "low/moderate" right now, but I guess that's enough to cause problems for me. I think the best thing would have been to wear my Rx glasses rather than contacts. I removed the contacts and put saline in my eyes as soon as I got home, and used the antihistamine eye drops last night and this morning, so now the itching has mostly subsided but my eyes are still puffy and I look terrible.

Despite the eye problems, it was a very good ride. I was able to ride a slightly faster pace and felt stronger than I've felt on the bike in a long time, despite my on-again off-again schedule of late.