On my ride in to work, I need to force myself to stick to a fairly slow pace so I don't sweat too much, as I wear my work clothes (except on summery days I might wear civilian shorts on the bike and change to long pants at the office). On the way home I sometimes try to catch other riders, but I don't try hard, and if they are beating me by blowing stop signs I let them go.

There is one hill on the way home popular with runners (Poplar Plains Rd) and I make damn sure no runners beat me up that hill! Sometimes they do seem to target me, and I pick up the pace while pretending I don't notice them.

In the charity Ride for Heart, I always treat the last 6 km as a race, and pick people far ahead that I try to overtake. Of course, they don't realize they are in a race!