Well, yesterday's afternoon commute home was interesting.

It had been lightly raining on and off since noon so I figured that I probably wouldn't be able to avoid getting wet and was happy I remembered to bring my rain jacket. However, as I was getting the bike out of the office building, it was barely sprinkling so I was quite happy. A couple of minutes down the road, it started to shower, oh well, I guess I didn't avoid the rain. And then suddenly, there was huge flash of light and less than a second later, a huge crack of thunder. Wow, that one was right over top of me! At least I heard the thunder and wasn't struck dead by the lightning before the thunder sounded. I really had nowhere to go; I was exposed although there were streetlamps along the side of the road and cars on the road so I just continued (cycling and praying). I took the shortest route home, 15 minutes, and there were many, many more flashes of lightning and cracks of thunder but with rare exception, I was able to count 7 or 8 Mississippis or more before the thunder sounded (sound travels at 4.7sec/mi). When I got home, my wife asked me if I had an exciting ride, LOL. She was at the dentist for much of the time that I was on the road and the lightning was striking all around her, 3km/2mi away.

The local radio station's morning news report with today's forecast sounded identical to yesterday's with thunderstorms and rain predicted to start at noon and continue into the evening but my two weather apps on my phone and two websites I checked this morning indicated sunny all day with no chance of rain until nearly midnight so I decided to ignore the radio's forecast.

It was a nice ride in. I decided to up the effort to improve fitness and strength with a series of fast intervals along the way: I was able to do 6 intervals and I added two additional hills at then end (not high or exceptionally steep, just more effort than flat terrain) and my legs are a bit shaky at the moment but that will pass.

It was a good ride, I hope yours is too!