Hit by a truck mid ride. Went to emergency room and had many x-rays. No broken bones - just bruises and much soreness.

Hopefully the driver's insurance will cover everything, including a new bike - I had only put 433 miles on this one in two months...

Did the longer route this morning. Added a couple miles to the total. First section is more uphill than usual, felt slow and a bit fatigued. Also there are more lights and it felt like there was a slight headwind. Still a good ride.

I'm calling the route commute++ in my tags. Pantano to Escalante, then follow the path around Wilmot and join up with the regular commute+ on in to work. This will probably remain a morning route, at least during the summer. On those evenings when I have the extra time I may take this longer route home on occasion.

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Front tire flat this morning, so I changed the tube before setting out. That set me back about 15 minutes, so I decided not to try the new route that would give me about 15 miles coming in to work. Did the usual 11 instead.

At any rate, the tire seemed to hold air fine but was soft at the end of the ride, and is now flat just few minutes after pulling in to the office. Will change it out and see if there is a leak in the new tube, or if I put a new hole in it.

sigh...

On a lighter note, the sweat/headband/do-rag thingy I bought to keep sweat out of my eyes seemed to work well. The real test will be tonight on the way home with more heat/humidity.

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