The ride started out OK but that soon ended when I head smack dab into the wind and small hills. My speed was so bad that I thought I had a flat. I looked down at my tires and they both were full of air. So I attributed the reduction in speed to wind and hills after about 15 miles I kind of had a tale wind but the road was winding so it would change up on me. I was really struggling my legs were dead, flat and in pain especially if I let my heart rate get over zone 3. I was really starting to struggle the last 10 miles was pain fest to say the least and I wasn't going fast and I maintained my heart rate in zone 2. When I finally finished I went on my inversion table to stretch my aching back. After I sat up I looked at my rear tire and something didn't look right. The tire had a bump and a "S" shape,the tread core was torn and coming through. I belief this happened on the first 6 miles of the ride where the shoulder had all these expansion bumps every 30 feet. The funny thing is I didn't notice them last week and I did the same road 3 times. Today it stood out and i couldn't avoid them as I really tried. This was supposed to be an easy ride but it became the ride of pain. I was very happy the ride came to an end. I just hope I don't feel this bad tomorrow or i will be getting dropped like a hot potato. I hope all this pain pays off for the State Road Race next weekend. I will be tapering off after Tuesday.