drought over

i ditched the last half day of work to ride my bike.
the ferrous got the call. joe was in town and was dying to get out for a ride.
joe, paolo, ken and i headed out for a couple hours. it was a beautiful day to be out. pretty much perfect weather wise. the trails were prime. perfect tackiness.
it was good to be out, but the lack of riding was apparent. the short climbs hurt. i felt i had no power. hopefully i got the bugs out and my next ride won't hurt so bad.
thanks to joe for really needing to get out... otherwise i'm not so sure i would've gone.