A pretty mild morning. I left a couple minutes early and didn't have to rush, which was nice. A deer ran across the road right in front of me and I saw more coming, so hit the brakes, and one after another five more deer ran blindly through my headlight. Close.
Wow, and I thought my hitting a runaway skateboard years ago was one in a million. Getting hit by a deer must be that or one in a billion but technically possible. Earlier this summer I saw a doe with two fawns in my backyard! More surprising for Bloomfield, NJ. They must have used the tree lines on either side of the train tracks to move. But my town is so urban, they had to have crossed a few roads to get there.
This morning was colder but still nice at 41F. I wore two layers on the chest and one on the legs (bib, bib tight, baselayer, long sleeve thermal jersey, winter cap, gloves, shoes, shoe covers, helmet). Saw a small group of three rider spinning up Harlem Meer hill in CP this morning. They all had two water bottles so I guess they were going for longer distance.