Late. Late. Late. First, woke up late, had to shave, then, forgot my socks, then my helmet, then, had to go all the way back upstairs for my gloves. The tube that I patched for my wife last night didn't hold, discovered that while wheeling my bike through the yard, I figured I'd change it for her so she could ride-I was already late so, why not? Had a nice tail wind and hammered a little to make up some time. Got caught with a Park Police cruiser behind me on 15th St., so, I decided I'd better not run any reds. He stayed behind me for about 4 blocks-until I hit Constitution. It was actually very reasurring that he was there as opposed to a regular cager, safer and more considerate. Since I was at the head of the line, I hammered between lights to accomodate the cars, I hit 30 mph on one stretch. Pretty tired today but the afternoon ride looks nice, 70's I think.