The ride home made me really appreciate clipless pedals. With a minor incident in the lab causing a small fire, we had to evacuate. I was close to my desk, so I was able to quickly grab my helmet and CamelBak (with my arm warmers and gloves). Happily, no one hurt and the fire was successfully extinguished, but we had to wait for smoke to clear and the fire extinguisher powder to be cleaned up. So I opted to leave rather than wait an hour or two to get a minimal amount of work done. But I didn't have my cycling shoes with me. Oh well, not worth the wait. Tennis shoes would have to do.

Man, I slipped off the pedals so many times trying to pedal in circles it wasn't funny. Maybe a dozen times or so on a 3 mile commute. I certainly don't want to be standing at any point while riding without my cycling shoes. And I can't pedal as efficiently. So it was a slow commute home. And it will be slow tomorrow morning, especially when it comes time to go up the hill.