I went on quite a long bike ride this morning and as I was tackling the last big hill before getting home I was really tempted to just get off of my bike and walk the rest of the way. As soon as that thought entered my mind a social acquaintence of mine hopped out of the car I was biking past. I was faced with the decision to either hop off of my bike to spare my legs and enter an awkward conversation, or to bike on pretending to have not seen him. I of course chose to bike on, grunting my way up a steep incline on a crappy bike with a bad knee and 20 miles behind me. I sure am willing to go through a lot of physical pain to avoid a little social contact.