I decided to air up my tires to 50 psi this morning instead of the 40 psi to 35 psi I normally ride with. I also decided to take a new route this morning. I really wanted a route of minimal climbing, but realized I am going to have climbing no matter what, given where I live. I adjusted my route at about three miles in to do something new. This is not the route with the least climbing, but it is about middle of the pack.
My legs were telling me that I did climbing yesterday and they would prefer flats. I did well anyway.
On the last segment up Ridgeside, I beat yesterday's time by 1 second which means I was 2 seconds slower than my fastest time on a trike. I was slowed down slightly by a car whose nose was sticking out where I turn onto Ridgeside. It would have been interesting to see what a difference that would have made. I am confident that would have been at least one second, if not another due to slowed momentum. It feels good to be able to stay in the middle chain ring and not have to shift to the small chainring on this segment.