Chilly morning. 32°F but the wind is blowing pretty hard and the humidity is high so it feels a lot colder than it is.

I went for a 4.5 mile run this morning, after skipping yesterday due to a case of "the Mondays." Hands and legs got pretty chilly.

On the bike, I was 1/4 mile from home approaching a sharp right corner when I heard a car coming up from behind. I look in my rear view mirror just in time to see a small SUV passing me at 50+ mph. This is in a residential area where the speed limit is 25, but most of us go about 20 because of all the pedestrians. The driver made it around me, then slammed on the brakes when they realized they were going WAY too fast for that corner. I really thought the SUV was going to flip over. The motorist made it around the corner upright, paused for about 2 seconds (I presume just long enough to realize that they were still alive,) then gave the vehicle full throttle and accelerated back up to 50+ mph again.

I really have no idea what was going through the driver's mind to think that driving like that was acceptable. Of course another 1/2 mile down the road the street emptied out onto a major artery that is usually quite gridlocked, so the driver saved absolutely no time. I passed them on the MUP as they sat in traffic.