Consecutive bicycle work commute number 1739:

Got up this morning and was getting ready. Opened the curtains and... wait... did I just see lightning?

Waited a few seconds and saw it again. Yep. Definitely lightning. That was weird. There was no rain in the forecast for today. Was supposed to be 85°F and sunny.

It wasn't raining yet. I hopped on the internet to look at the radar and saw a huge storm heading for the city from the west. West was the same direction I needed to head to get to the office. Checked the forecast again and it was still saying 85°F and sunny.

I had packed for the road bike. I briefly considered moving everything into my waterproof panniers and taking the hybrid bike with fenders, but I really don't like riding that bike if I don't have to. Instead, I decided to try and beat the storm to the office.

Hit the road as fast as I could. Wound up leaving the house five minutes earlier than usual. Hammered hard and rode the eight miles to the office and arrived 15 minutes earlier than normal. Did the eight miles in a hair less than 30 minutes. But most importantly I beat the rain.

Well, as it turns out I didn't have to ride so hard as it didn't start raining for another hour. But then it rained all morning. Looks like it's stopped for the day, though.

I notice now that the weather forecast has changed to 73°F and cloudy.