A Medley of Extemporanea

This morning was nice; not too hot, not too cold.  Dan and I were cycling along Timm Road to work, looking for a fine example of the ridiculous potholes that line the bike lane.  I saw the perfect specimen on the other side of the road, one with a nice rubber tube sticking out of it (seriously).  Checked ahead, no cars. Shoulder check, no cars… Except there was one.  I did my u-turn to look at the pothole, heard a screech (it is an 80 km/h zone) and a honk and saw a bumper just missing my back tire.

To the driver, I’m sorry.  I don’t know why I didn’t see you, maybe I was tired and not paying attention, maybe I was distracted by the shiny thing (aka the pothole), point is, I didn’t.

Also, thank you for being attentive.  This is all I’ve been thinking about this morning. The what if.

Everyone knows it has been an early spring. I will not dwell. One thing that it has enabled me to do, however, is hit some milestones pretty quickly.

Last year, I started biking to work on April 14th; by the 1st of June, I had managed a total of 313.24 km (yes, I keep track). This year, I passed that mark last week on the 14th, and I should be over the 500km mark by the weekend.

I’ve also crossed the 2000km mark on my year old trip computer ( a while ago, actually) and the 100 hour mark. That last one kind of surprises me, as it feels like I’ve been on the bike more than that.

I will try to double both this year

One of the problems with the early spring, I guess.  Silly season has started early too.

Bus driver relieved of duties after allegedly punching cyclist.