Man is it cold in the morning! Need to figure out which gloves to use, my fingers were ice cold by the time I got home couldn't bend them, Took nearly one hour for them to thaw out. Hercules and Tank kicked my ass again. I was doing good until we made one of our last turns and they took off catching me off guard. I was pushing 26 mph and they were pulling away after about 1/4 mile I gave up just as we hit another hill. They waited for me at the intersection then they took off again but I was running on empty now. We get to the finish I had an average speed of 19.3 mph. I had 7 miles to go to get home, it was a long, long 7 miles. I eventually made it home cold, tired and frozen fingers. I lost almost a whole 1 mile an hour average, I tried to ride back at recovery but my heart rate would not come down, so eventually I just rode at a relaxed pace.