I've been good about getting in 1 or 2 commutes a week. It's about all that my schedule will allow right now but I hope to increase that as winter sets in and some of my other commitments lessen.

Yesterday I biked in and had a very nice ride. It was chilly and dry and I felt totally refreshed and alert by the time I got to work. The ride home...not so much. We've been having some horrible storms lately - torrential downpours (unusual for us), high winds, power outages, lightening (also unusual for us). I saw that thunderstorms were predicted at 50% at 7, so I figured I was fine leaving at 5:30. Ha.

It was raining lightly as I set up my bike but I figured it wasn't that bad and I wanted to get home. So I headed out and within a couple of minutes, it started to rain harder. And harder. And harder. At one point, I was stopped at a light (I hit just about every single one in my 6 mile commute!) and it was coming down so hard I could barely see even though I was standing still. When the light changed, I had to ride with just one hand so that I could shield the left side of my face from the sideways rain as I rode! I was wet. It was cold (though I didnt' care much about the cold). I didn't bring my garmin that day, so I don't know how long it took me but I'm sure I was out there MUCH longer than normal. The worst was where the storm drains couldn't keep up with the water flow and I had to bike through little lakes!

I was SO wet when I pulled up to our garage. I stripped off all my clothes in the garage and went upstairs naked to go take a shower. What an adventure! It certainly made me appreciate how lovely my commute is when its dry or only lightly raining!