I had a light tail wind which made the ride so easy.

I've been at this job 19 months now, and I have finally gotten to the point where the ride doesn't seem so long. Once or twice during the ride on almost every ride, I would think to myself, jeez, I'm not even close to my destination (home or work), but now it just buzzes along. I knew I would get to this point eventually, but it took a long time.

When I rode home on Friday with heavily laden panniers, I noticed my tires seemed too soft. This morning I checked them before pumping, and they were down to 20 psi. They were wiggling on the road a little but not coming close to bottoming out, as they are 37mm wide. Good to know. I pumped them to 50/60.