I caught a car ride in yesterday because my ride home monday left me depleted of energy. Plus, I wanted to bring in a bunch of clothes shoes because I'm sick of humping a loaded bike both ways every damn day.

Anywho, I had the offer to carpool again, but just that one day off the bike left a big empty void. So I biked it in this morning. Not having a loaded bike was great. Added 2 mph to the avg. There were 2 other bikers waiting for a train to pass. The competition bug reared it's head and I had to beat them off the blocks. But I think next time I'll take it easy and maybe even engage in some idle chit chat.

edit: forgot to add that some dude was riding the wrong way. This road has a "bike" lane, but it's smaller than most shoulders. Because he was going against traffic, I took the curb and let him take the road to pass since he could see what was coming and I couldn't. I was tempted to educate the guy, but he was kinda scary. Big full parka, missing some teeth, and had that Deliverence look to him.