Wore a thermal shirt this morning, was a good choice, but would have helped earlier.

An older lady rolled up on her bike next to me at a stop light early on my commute. She said good morning, and I replied in turn. Wouldn't have noticed her except for the un-clicking of her clipless shoes. She was in a full lycra outfit. I'd guess she was in her early 50's.

When the light turned green I hammered away. You know "One cyclist, a commute, two cyclists, a race" thing. But When I left her in the dust I realized that her being a more mature person than I, was probably not interested in a race against a youngin like me. If I were to do it all over again, I'd probably take a more moderate pace and maybe strike up a conversation. Us cyclists need to band together!

It was probably a good thing in the end that I did hammer away and race all the way to work. I was running late as it was.