Yesterday I did my 40 km round trip commute then went for kickboxing class. This morning my legs were tired from the previous day's effort. Since it was a sunny day however, I rode to work anyways. Otherwise, how can I fight the zombies in the apocalypse like Will Smith in I am Legend?

The night before I had raised my handlebars to ease the pressure on my neck. So back to raised flat bars with bar ends ( 2 inches higher than the seat), no fairing with 8 derailleur gears. I wondered whether this would affect my commuting time since I would be sitting more upright than before. The weather was sunny & warm this morning as I headed out.

Chased a rabbit going uphill on Cambie from Marine to 41st. Then caught another guy on a mountain bike whom I passed. Flew down the hill from King Edward keeping up with car traffic with gear 7 & 8 heading towards the Cambie Bridge going into downtown. A regular time for me is between 51:30 to 52:00. Today was 48:25. The higher handlebars did not affect my time as much as working harder to chase rabbits.