It was the best of rides..it was the worst of rides - long

Went for a 40 mile bike ride today - Longest so far has been 30 miles. Nice sunny - turns out I miscalculated and at the half way point I was at 30miles - I averaged 18.0 mph which for me is great - new aero bars felt good - seat was good - I could go on forever - except I didn't eat anything today and all I had was a power bar with me. Stopped - took helment off - ate power bar - I don't know what I did with the wrapper - couldn't find it anywhere. Well how much bad karma can you get from one wrapper. Mother Nature is a bit**.

Riding home on trail - bee flies into my mouth - I scream as I try to dislodge it. Two guys come along thirty seconds later see that I am stopped and ask me if also heard some girl screaming. Yes I say - she was just goofing off and went an her way - would you please look at my lip and make sure that the stinger has been removed - thank you. My lip swells to the size of a golf ball.

Riding along trail through open space - wow that is a huge crow sitting on the fence post - get closer - it is one of those fake hawks that they set up to keep pigeons away - I'm wondering why they have set it up in a park. Fake Hawk suddenly flies at my head as I ride within 5 feet of it - I scream - fall down - no one to hear it this time.

Skies darken - Glad I will be home before it rains - While I sit in the underpass watching the torrential downpour I am joined by two other unlucky souls - after 15 minutes it has let up - and the water at our feet is now about two inches deep. Well let's try it - of course I am the only one going into the storm -

Wow...I have never actually been hit with hail before - it hurts - a lot - and the rain and wind are very cold - my bike computer says my cadence is 222 and I am doing 145 mph - apparently not water proof. Glad I decided to wear a white jersey today. Very sexy. Rain subsides - trail has hail on it - as well as little brown furry things - great the rain has drown a ton of mice and they are all over - now I have to swerve around them - AS I scream for the third time today one of the vermin has miraculously been saved from drowning only to run into my front spokes and get thrown against my chest. As I pick myself off the ground I discover that I have fallen on one of the vermin's deceased relatives squishing him on my pants.

I made it home - helmet has hail damage - Does this mean I need a new one? bike computer is still jacked up and I will have to explain to my boss why I need a new cell phone since the one in my jersey pocket was so soaked that it fried it. I also have a swollen lip, farmers tan and a sunburned head - shaved it last night and did not put lotion on - must have burned it when I stopped to eat the power bar. Well no serious damage (except to the mounse)and a great first 30 miles - Can't wait to do it again next week. The powerbar wrapper was in my jersey pocket -so I must have gotten the negative Karma some other way.