raining like it only rains in rain forests today at 8:30 am. but warm, probably around 10C, so some of the best fun i've had so far. man, it rained so hard i could have showered on my way to work instead of once i got there, if i was coordinated enough to steer with one hand and shampoo with the other. fun i got so soaked that water could be poured out of the gutter-side shoe when i got there.

one of my i-swear-it-i-promise-i-swear-i'll-go-slow-today kind of days, but like usual it didn't make much difference in my speeds. i was at my usual checkpoints at the usual times, so coming up to the bridge i decided to try an alternate approach i've been curious about for some time, skipping the lower-level entrance that has the bike path beside it and just cutting over to ride with the cars till Class 1 kicks in. nah. it's got just as much, if not more, places where you have to get off and walk across an entrance or exit lane for safety's sake, and it doesn't have the helper of a bike path. not worth it at all, but glad i tried anyway. good day for doing it.

i'm spinning, but my knee's killing me all day at work in a different way (from all the extra rotations maybe?). and i want to ride every day this week, so i rode the whole way home saying 'go EASY' out loud to myself. trouble is, it's so very tempting and it doesn't feel like it hurts till i get off and try walking again. my 'easy' days are just when i focus on gears more closely to allow the same resistance from the pedals throughout the whole ride. then i get within shouting distance of home, where the hill is so mild for the last couple of kilometres, it just calls to me. around then i notice that i'm still in the same general ballpark for time, and i just can't help myself from saying 'oooo, let's try and boom up this one'. cause i'm not tired, see. sigh.

wasn't raining on the way home. clear and cool and overcast, with the roads all still wet. just lovely.