Nice ride in this morning, except the spot on the road I ride (wide, fairly new rural road, not many houses, a few farms) where they sprayed oil and pea-sized gravel yesterday. Why do they do this? It smelled bad and I had oily gravel all over my tires and my panniers when I arrived at school. Saw a fox and a deer on the same little stretch of bike path by my house.

There was a looming black cloud to my north (I ride south to north on my return commute) this afternoon so I pedaled fast and made it home in 58 minutes - a new personal best! made it home before the rain, too!