oldgeezerjeff, love that tag line!

My ride in was nice. Half an hour after official sunrise, when I left, the sun was just about to come over the ridge to the east. It was comforting to hit a patch of sunlight as I heard a vehicle behind me -- no way they're going to miss the bright yellow with the sun hitting that reflective strip! Then it was back into shadow, hop-scotching between "no sun yet" and patches of sun until I got through downtown. For no chance it'll rain last night, the shower that came through knocked the pollen down nicely, and it was calm so it hadn't been replenished this morning.

I wasn't sure I was recovered for a fast ride until I saw the green turn signal on the "long light" from 200 yards back. Yes, I can push and ride hard, and yes, I made the green.