I decided to park and ride today. The streets are under construction. I will likely have to do this for the next month or so. Weather was cool. Winds from the North West. I was going to wear arm and knee warmers. I decided not to wear them when I got to the parking lot. According to the GPS, there is about 1.5 miles less than having gone on the ride from the doorstep. Today was a thing of lesser and greater. The body being the greater of things and the mind being somewhat the lesser. Again, concentration not so good. I was sufficiently warmed up by the end of OTR. The Banducci climb felt ok, not so much into the red when I got the the top of the wall. The remainder was steady tempo, into the wind, to the summit. I took a minute or two at the summit and headed down. I had to let traffic by once, after that, it was the usual downhill recovery. The trek to SS was modest. Not much more than 17MPH, into the wind. I made it to the tunnel in under 1 hour, but in my mind I added say 2 minutes additional time due to the lesser mileage from the beginning. From that point, I wasn't thinking about time. More or less just the tempo I had to maintain to keep things safe and enough for the last climb. I made my way through the farmlands fairly quick. The last climb felt good for the most part, again in the body, not so much in concentration. I guess it was the body that got me home this time. Concentration, I wish I could explain why it felt off. Maybe if I had some ideas to think about, perhaps that may have helped. I'm doing my best to mitigate the sensation as I have had it for the previous rides this month. Maybe it was the calm before the storm. I had an errand to run in the morning, so I had to adjust my schedule around it. I don't think that had much of an effect, as I got out at the usual time and had sufficient time to take a nap prior to the ride. Perhaps I'll have to read some articles on the cycling magazines I frequently read. There's a lot of rules of thumb that helps make the miles go by as to not let it drift so far. I know what the feeling is like. Otherwise, yes, gremlins, I'm trying not to make that an excuse. However present it may be. Balance and form felt good. I was on top of the pedals. Ailments were next to none. Slight right calf soreness that persisted for a few minutes. I stretched every now and again. I think that helped. Gear is working well. The shoes feel good. Perhaps some minor adjustments needed. Other notes, I saw cyclists riding into town as I was on my way back from an errand. From the looks of it, I think they went to SS or Keene. Otherwise, no cyclists on today's ride.