I had to turn on the afterburners today to get home in time. Class let out late, then I had an impromptu meeting with Wendy which didn't allow me to get on my bike until almost 1450. I needed to be home by 1515 so Kelse and I could make it to Springfield by 1600. I took the challenge and made my legs burn. The burning was probably more from my extended ride yesterday than going at top speed on flats. My feet slipped off the pedals a few times, because I tried to pull up without rotating the pedals -- it's tricky when the day before you were bound to the pedal with metal. Regardless, it was a good rainy and wet ride where I had to work at it. Sadly today (Friday 1 October), I drove into school. The rain was too much and I had to go feed some friends cats. Time got away from me and I wasn't going to make it to office hours in time. I'll make it up this weekend. When is this rain going to stop?