The Race

So every working day millions of people get up in the morning, have a snack, jump in their vehicles and proceed to enter that stretch of asphalt that only about an hour earlier was a road and is now a parking lot. While most people sit in their idling cars, I fly by on my bicycle. That's right, you know that annoying bicyclist who weaves through traffic, hopping onto sidewalks, and flirting with the law more that a hooker on Friday night. Ya, that's me, more importantly I get free parking, and this allows me to burn off all those calories I gain by sitting at my desk all day. Well today I got to test my theory that I could go faster than those individuals burning fuel in their SUV's. While I crossed 82nd street at high speed, I noticed that the bumper that just missed me was actually owned by my coworker. Nothing was said, the race was on, manpower VS. car power, bicycle vs. car, my morning breakfast of Oreos vs. high octane gasoline. It was 34 blocks to the finish line, and the odds were against me. The car proceeded to pass me upon the light turning green, but it was then that I unleashed my secret weapon, I jumped onto the bicycle path that parallels the LRT, making a B-line for downtown. I could hear the bookies yelling "All bets are off" as they realized that while the car had to follow roads, I didn't. The car's lead vanished, and with a little help from properly timed trains at my street crossings, I soon had a lead. But all good things must come to an end, as did my bicycle path, dumping me into downtown traffic full of buses, cars and pedestrians. My progress slowed, and my lead shrank as the traffic lights are not timed for those vehicles who are foot powered. With the help of sidewalks, buss/bike lanes and weaving through traffic in a manner reported by the CBC news desk as "Insane", I crossed the finish line 1 bicycle length in front of the before mentioned bumper of my coworkers car. Not being a person who brags, I kept my celebration down to mearly dancing on her hood and singing "We are the champions".

Until next time

theofficeblog

Days until I leave: 31
Bicycle races won: 1