Today's ride was like what would happen if I decided to ride my bike on a hurricane evacuation route right before a hurricane. I don't know what was going on today that brought people out of their homes... the second coming of Jesus Christ? It was INSANE.

Today an older woman in a Lexus buzzed us right before stopping at a red light. So at the light I knocked on her window and at first she wouldn't roll it down (a sure sign of guilt). When she did, I asked her nicely if she could please give cyclists a little more space because getting that close to them is not safe. She acted as if she was not aware that she did anything dangerous, and perhaps she truly was ignorant.

I've had to cut back a little on the big gear hill climbing because my knee is tweaked. The saddle I have been trying out for a month obviously isn't good for me so we changed it out to a narrower men's saddle and make some adjustments to my cleats (one was crooked). My knee felt a little better and hopefully I can get back into making the quads burn. I have a training camp coming up soon and am really looking forward to spending even MORE time on a bike. Heheh. I am insane.

One tip about the knees: When it's cold outside it's really important to keep the knees warm. Now that one of my knees is pissed off, I am being more careful about that. Knee warmers under 70 F. When I wear tights on a cold day, I wear my knee warmers underneath the tights.