The daylight hours are getting shorter, and I will not let that discourage me yet. They're still long enough to enjoy.

Yesterday, I rode into work hard for the sake of strength building. I did well and had fun.

I stayed at work late and rode home at dusk.

Most of my route is on a MUP. I wanted to go fast, but I also don't want to be a jerk at it. Riding 20 mph in close proximity to people isn't the greatest idea, so I'm developing methods. I slow down when I get near people. Accelerating from a slow down can be a form of exercise.

Thinking about risk as I rode, I realize it's useful to calculate risk, and one way to do that is to size people up with respect to their predictability. A small child without a parent holding their hand is the most risky, so I pass them at something like 2 mph. One of the lowest risk types is the teenage boys doing wheelies. They tend to be skilled, and they ride in a straight line, at least when we are going in opposite directions. Everyone else is in the middle of the spectrum.