N'Emonda. Mostly sunny but still hazy with wildfire smoke from Canada, temps @ 64 degrees at the start, up to 78 at the finish, East/ESW winds @ 3-6 mph, gusts @ 5-13 mph. Very low humidity, so it was quite comfortable. Low traffic on the route, saw 4 other riders, all but 1 at a distance. Considering the start location in Waterman, had an early start around 8 am. A considerable part of the ride was into a fairly mild headwind or crosswind. A very hard ride spending the first 1:40 doing intervals and TT efforts on most of the return from about Kaneland. Stopped at South Moon BBQ in Hinckley for a light lunch and picked up dinner for tonight and probably tomorrow. Workout: 4-5 15 second spin ups 5 X 7 X 30/30 HI/HC (35 total) 5 All out standing stomps in between sets. 5 X 120/60 HI/HC 5 X 120/60 HI/LC Almost the entire trip back from Meredith/McNulty was Hi Intensity push with varying cadence, My average speed jumped from 15.9 mph to 16.8 mph.