a swift ride in on the road. Am I the only cyclist who stops for the red light on Comm Ave at the BU Bridge? No less than 9 cyclists ran that light while I waited. Then thinking my observance of the law would be appreciated I was practically run down by the traffic as I took off with them whizzing on both sides to get around me. Kind of makes you think it's better to run the light.

The ride home I took the bike path- most of the ice is gone and it was nice and quiet. Got chased by some woman's dog. Finally stopped, talked to the dog and it calmed down but then I gave the owner my "no bad dogs just bad owners" speech and how until she and "Maggie" (the dog) sort out who's in charge Maggie should be on a leash. The dog was probably a pretty good dog but she was ready to nip me on the foot when I finally stopped. The owner looked sufficiently shamed so I didn't get too high and mighty but I was tempted.

Then about 6 miles into my 10 mile ride home I realized I'd left my cell phone in my office. I won't be in the office again until Saturday so I opted to ride back. So my 20 mile commute ended up as a 32 mile commute today.