Cloudy and overcast, so the cool wind was nice.

A truck passed extremely closely, and as the tail-end of his truck was near me, his tailpipe let out a cloud of black exhaust basically right in my face (don't know if it was consciously controlled by the driver or not). I pulled toward the shoulder because of the exhaust, and then as I saw a wide trailer (like a shed on wheels) pass right beside me. If I hadn't pulled to the right the trailer would have clipped me, and I didn't even see it coming. This probably is the closest call I've had in a while.

The rest of the ride went smoothly. I got off to a late start and so I rode a little faster than usually, and definitely spent more time in my top gear. I'm using a single-chainring track crank right now, and now I'm beginning to think about switching to a larger chainring on that, as it seems like I am topping out more often now (perhaps I am getting into better shape?).