How was the commute today? How was the commute today?!?! It was EFFIN AWESOME!

Weatherman said 60% chance of t-storms, but it was merely cloudy at 7a. Off I went for a crisp, cool, hittin' all the lights (but one) ride in. Nobody was hanging out near my 'clean up station,' which is cool, 'cuz sometimes those nurses and lab ladies give me the heebies when I'm in there doing my thing and I know they're on the other side of the wall....

The ride home was under partly cloudy skies, warmer than predicted, slightly humid. I went up 'TheHill' (hardly a hill) somewhere between 14 and 15mph, which is good for me and even managed to nail the next light. I was feeling so good that I cranked it up (heh) to 19mph for the next eight blocks. Traffic was giving me the lane, too. Everything was going great until I got to 'theBigRoad.' I was in the lane, behind three cars and the punk behind me started doing the revving engine thing. Whatever. Light turned green, I hopped on the pedal and...was keeping up with traffic through the intersection and beyond! Punkyboy was still behind me, which I thought was surprising. Almost as surprising as the fact that I was keeping up with the traffic still. I looked down to discover I was doing 26mph. Yee-haw! At about this point, Punkyboy decided that even though I was in the right tire tread part of the lane, he owned the road and forced the issue. Unfortunately, for me, the next right was my turn. I gave him a look, signalled and took my turn. And slowed her back to a more leisurely 17mph the rest of the way home. I should've kept going just to see how long I could maintain that pace.

Effin great. Oh, and during lunch, I was speaking with one of the docs who, it turns out, also happens to bicycle commute; and we've added another commuter over in the lab, although nobody seems to know who the bike belongs to. We've requisitioned a bike rack. Life is good.

PS - And my new personal record for the ride home is 12:43...1:10 less than previous. Hoot!