With gas prices being so high, I needed an excuse to ride to work, also my daughter can use the car, so it all worked out that I would ride.

I am not a morning person, so to start riding in the morning is hard on me. I felt tired from the first block. I managed to ride 16.5 mph average, but it is cool (for summer) and took me about 37 minutes to travel 10.3 miles.

When I got to my bike locker at work, the lock would not open and I was in a bit of a panic. My work will not allow bikes locked to anything they have to be place in the bike lockers. I have locker number two and the stupid lock would not open. I believe it must have been changed, but the combo was only off my one number, so I do not understand why it would not open. This was the second ride after winter, so there may be some corrosion, but the lock felt fine when I moved it around. I call my friend Mark to use his locker (number 4). I locked up my bike and went in and showered.

It is to be hot today (expected 110, man that is hot), so expect a whinny post about the ride home at 4:00pm.