Since moving to my home office earlier this year, I have typically gone for a ride mid-morning. However, my schedule was back-to-back calls today, so I hit the road at 7:00 AM. Two things:

First, its was refreshingly cool this morning (or too cold to some people around here) at 52F... Talk about the dog-days of summer.

Second, I totally forgot how stressful rush hour riding is - it's all Mad Max Fury Road out there! I commuted at rush hour, daily, year-round for 8 years; and within 6 months I've forgotten how hateful people are.