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Saturday, September 28, 2013

royal b*tch

Yesterday, I was leaving school after class.  I had a happy run in with Chaco, as he was on his way to a class near where the trusty Tessa was parked.  He actually stopped to chat a bit (it wasn't a heavily travelled area, no friends about to see him chatting with his mom).

It'd been a nice week, with the lighter tuting schedule and all.  It was a nice day out, too.  I was heading home to kick off the remainder of dumb Friday when this car came up behind me.  I could tell he was speeding, but figured he'd slow down because he had to.  

He ended up blowing past me and nearly sideswiping a car coming in the opposite direction.  He looked agitated, and in hindsight, I think he might have been lost and not realizing that he was on a university campus.  He was an oldish white-haired man.  After he sped past me, he had to abruptly stop to allow several student pedestrians to cross at a crosswalk, and this seemed to agitate him all the more.

Then he sped off, and I guess I'll never know his story.

And I was left feeling all, WTH?  He'd nearly ran me off the road, right in front of the upper classmen dorms - an area of shared roads for motorists and bicycles.

So I continued on home all razzum frazzum razzum frazzum...  

And when I got home, I was congratulated by my mapmyride app.



I've made Queen of the Mountain for one course that is part of my commute home.  The one that seemed out of reach.  At last.  I'd beaten my previous PR by 9 seconds, thus surpassing the previously long-reigning queen.  

I could say it was my superior conditioning and strategizing and hard work that pushed me up that hill, but I'm pretty sure it was the grumpy old driving man that fueled me.  

So, thank you Mr. Grumpy Road Hazard.  But, I still don't like him.
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10 comments:

LL Cool Joe said...

It's unusual to see an older person speeding, it's normally the opposite. Glad you were okay and made Queen of the Mountain. :D

Anonymous said...

Whatever his story, I hope it was worth the risk he was taking. Perhaps it was an emergency at home. What else would make an old man speed?
Or maybe his goal was to help you reach yours.... congrats on being the Queen!

Abby said...

There's a lot of construction in that area. I'm guessing he got himself mistakenly detoured. I'm sure he's calmer today and blogging about how sorry he is for his behavior :)

Abby said...

By George, I think you've got it! He's been lurking the leaderboards and was fed up with my slacking!

Guano said...

Gotta keep a watch out for the crazies, but that's a cool list -- and mou'ain! -- to be at the top of. WooHoo!

agg79 said...

You gotta keep your eyes peeled for the loonies out there behind the wheel. You don't want to become a hood ornament. That would really mess up your pace times. Kudos on maintaining your spot at the top! All Hail the Queen!

Abby said...

I use to think I didn't want some bike riding app, I'm just a commuter. But dammit!! Four seconds to queendom!?!

Abby said...

Yes, I'll be more watchful of the enemy drivers. I'll throw my crown at him next time.

terri said...

I'm glad that driver left you in his wake, able to razzum frazzum about him. I hate to think of the alternative. And so congratulations on achieving the position of reigning queen! That's awesome!

Riot Kitty said...

Good God, I always worry when Mr. RK rides because of stuff exactly like this. I'd throw more than a crown. More like...the monkeys from Madagascar.