Monday, July 17, 2006

BIKING TO WORK.

I'm trying to commute by bike to work. It is just under 6 miles each way, which I can cover in under 25 minutes on my mountain bike. The challenge is the weather. In the summer, I work up a good sweat by the time I arrive at work. In the winter, the temperature can dip well below zero. We don't have a shower at work, which makes it tough. So the new plan is to dress for the ride (shorts/t-shirt in the summer) and change at work. I just bring a clean change of clothes and deodorant - which seems to work. I averaged 2-3 days of biking/week since April, and now I'm committing myself to doing it every day. I've biked to work the past 9 days in a row (every work day in July), and I'm going to see how long I can stick to it.