Club ride today. This thing happens to me where I feel strong one weekend and crappy the next. I didn't really feel bad but I blew up trying to stay at the front too long on a 20+ mile climb. Then I had to face the headwind by myself for a few miles. They waited at the turn, I wasn't last, and some even turned back. Then came a couple miles with some 9% and strong headwind. That split everyone apart.
Later when descending the canyon we had swirling wind with tailwinds at times pushing us up to speed. One guy and his wife rode up alone and didn't do all of the climb but in the middle of the descent she motored past me like it was easy. I couldn't summon the energy to go after her, she was flying. Later I asked her if she had a turbo on that bike.
A short section of mup near the end had 2 of us chatting and almost ran over a big red snake.