Quite cold and windy at the start. Really fast group, had to destroy myself trying to hang on for a bit. Finally caught up with a foursome that I rode with for awhile, then they jettisoned me off the back as well. Around this time I ran into Geoff Cahill, who had also blown up trying to hang with the group. We decided to stick out the rest of the day together and eventually met up with some other similar paced folks at one of the rolling rest stops. He and I had to part ways eventually, though, as I was going a bit faster and needed to get home. I rode solo probably the last 10 miles, most of which was into a headwind. By this time it was sunny and around 40, though, so pretty nice. I ended up feeling really good on the day and was able to finish strong. I didn't climb great, but not bad either. All in all a first good hard ride of the year.