Good ride. Nice weather. Could have used one more bottle refill was quite parched for the last 7mi of the ride (maybe overdoing the electrolytes?) Went through three bottles of water with one refill stop. Have done most of this route before but there was some new roads in there. Not usually fond of little out-and-back shoot offs on the route, but there was a couple of good once on this ride. Flatted! Rear tire. Hadn't had to deal with a flat on a ride in a long time! Caught it on the return in the loop on Happy Valley (not so Happy I guess) just as I was passing the New River Trail. Could have been a worse spot I suppose and worse weather. Found a bench off of the trail to turn the bike upside down and pull the rear wheel. Piece of glass in the tire. Tiny, but went through the tire. Put in the spare and gave it a good CO2 shot. Did the trick and it held. I could tell the air pressure was lower than I usually like it to be. Could feel the road a bit more than I like. Kept worrying it was going flat again, but was fine. Thems the breaks...