Yesterday a pedestrian jumped in front of me really close to me. I think it was half my fault. I yelped loudly, and she stepped back and apologized. By the time I could apologize too, we were too far apart.

I don't mind locking my Raleigh up in the street for short periods, so I did that at the blood center last night. Today I took my Lemond and rode like a bat out of hell. I played Cat 6 commuter with a couple of guys on the path. First there was a young guy on a MTB. He was moving pretty fast. We played leapfrog a little. Then came along someone on a Bianchi track bike in freewheel mode. He was going even faster, so I latched onto him (but far back enough not to draft, as we don't do that here), and we left the young guy behind. I appreciated the pacing. I arrived all sweaty, which is OK. My office is overchilled, so I was dry after a bit.

We've had some of the best weather of the year in the last couple of weeks. It doesn't get better than this.