Just a couple random thoughts about my commute last evening and this morning....as I stare vacuously at my monitor....

Rode home from work last night, 27.3 miles (according to my Garmin).....then rode back in this morning, same route......yesterdays ride home was semi-brutal at 96 degrees... I only have one water bottle cage on my old Proteus frame....so I had to stretch out 24oz of Gatorade to last 1:45....

This morning was a good bit faster and cooler (74) and I had tailwind for about 1/2 the ride.....I must clarify, my commute is mostly on decent road with bike paths on roughly 7/8ths of it.....hardly saw any glass on the ground....and very few cars until I hit Rt.11 just north of Greencastle, Pa.

Yesterday, I raced a couple of farm dogs letting them close in on me within 20' or so before hammering away from them at around 32mph....slightly downhill .... had to wait for a train in Maugansville for about 5 minutes....I've found that I MUST wear gloves to wipe the sweat off my brow....I usually don't like wearing them as they tend to make my left hand a bit numb....wiping sweat with my hands absolutely sucks........I'll do the double commute again on Friday/Monday......starting to find a nice pattern here....I like commuting!