With TS Elsa expected in the area in the afternoon and Wednesday being sooooo hot, decided to shift scheduled Wednesday PM ride to Thurs am. This has become a good go-to 0630 route since any commute traffic is light and headed the other way for the first hour or so. The return route has a coupla spots that can produce some traffic but it's still reasonable. The last 7 miles are quite the challenge, even with a downhill mixed in. Lots of uphill grinding without a lot of recovery time. Weather H U M I D without being hot; felt pretty good most of the time. Knee was not as comfortable as Monday's ride, but ok. Contact points were more tender than expected. Still trying to lose the COVID 15lbs ... almost mid July and still dragging that extra up every hill ... w/dan