I got out at noon today. The weather was a bit warm, but the winds were favorable. My legs felt a bit heavy to start. I rode with Roger to Route 202. He turned around and I kept going. By that time, I felt warmed up. I did good tempo up the wall and to the summit of Banducci. I think I was delayed no more than 3 or 4 minutes by riding easy tempo with Roger. When I was on the descent, there were some cars behind, so I gassed it a bit till I hit the base. The rest of the ride was steady tempo, no heroics. I did a bit of a dig over the top of SS. From there I continued with moderate tempo. All the while keeping an eye on my right calf. I stretched periodically, and it turned out that my leg had no ailments. My right hand was numb at a few times. I found that making a fist helped a lot. My gear worked good today, no problems there. My concentration was real good, as was my balance. Other notes... When I went under the SS tunnel, I caught a glimpse of a cat and her kitten, just wandering on the other side of the road. I wish I had turned around and put them somewhere more safe. Question is, where would I put them? Maybe they were trying to get to the other side of the street. I saw a Red tail hawk and 2 turkey vultures. Cows were out in numbers too.