Did my 1 minute intervals on the Sempre in to work (Thursday). Walgreens was playing this really insipid Michael Bolton/Richard Marx old stuff mix on the muzak when I walked in. Usually the music is more tolerable early in the morning but this garbage was completely unacceptable.

I didn't really go bat shit on the intervals. There were safety issues like cars pulling off of cross streets etc. I just tried to stay relaxed and not die.

After work Virginia wanted to explore some alternative bike routes so we saddled up and confirmed another way to get to 16th Ave by 34th St by cutting through some ritzy neighborhoods.

Our dream of an alternative to get to the road behind Gainesville High School remains unrealized. All those dumb apartment complexes along Glen Springs Rd like Tiffany and Cobblestone put up barriers and fences. I wish there was a bike lane on east Glen Springs Rd. Instead there is just a sidewalk on one side of the street. It is narrow and usually has other bikes and pedestrians. Plus cars trying to turn pull into the cross walk from side streets. Finally there is a bridge at the bottom of a hill that is a classic Springsteenian "death trap/ suicide rap".