A motivated ride home. Departing, the weather was very bright sunshine, fairly high humidity, and rising temperatures. However, there was a threat of severe weather on the horizon! Storm clouds started to darken the horizon...and then the immediate area about half way thru the ride. Big, but slow rain drops didn't start until I entered my neighborhood, and thunder didn't start until I entered my cul-de-sac. Phew, just made it!
The ride felt fairly good. i didn't stop once (except for traffic lights), didn't eat anything, and only drank about 2/3rds of the water I had with me. It felt like the speed was fairly up across the board, and I only really couldn't keep up the pace in a few areas. Felt REALLY good going North on Washington off of the WWB and South onto Edsal...to the point that I was annoyed when cars semi-cut me off to turn right onto Leesville Blvd because a) they semi-cut me off to make that maneuver, and then b) I was almost passing them on Lessville (beginning) because they were below my desired speed.
Felt good, good way to end the day, and hopefully encourage me to do more!