Here in Tokyo this morning it was as humid as hell and as it is the rainy season the clouds are always threatening. My bike and I (it deserves some credit too) ran into a headwind from the start which kind of slowed things down a bit but we still managed the 17 k at an average of 23.5 which is not too bad. A rather too close Near Door Experience (NDE) as this silly woman opened the taxi door ( which I adjusted to go around) and then ran straight into the middle of the road like the back seat was on fire. This I did not adjust to that well and missed her by a cigarette paper. Her satisfying scream of fear only reached me when I was quite a bit past her.

I shall remain at DEFCON 4 on the way home lest the same occurs.