No More Excuses! Tomorrow's the Day!

[wackyjacky1]

I have run out of excuses for not riding my bike to work. My latest excuse was the lack of a heavy-duty lock to secure my bike while I'm inside. Well, today I picked up a sturdy U-lock to augment the lightweight cable lock I already had.

Now my biggest problem will be to re-set my alarm in order to get up a little bit earlier than usual, which is kinda tough because I'm already getting up at 3:30 a.m. so I can be at work at 4:30 a.m.

I'll let ya know how it goes! *fingers crossed*

[GLC1968]

Wow - and here I was complaining that getting up at 5 am was too early for me! No more - if you can do 3:30...I can at least do 5!

[Serendipity]

And I feel almost decadent getting up at 6:00......
I suspect that once you try it, you will be 'addicted' to commuting - I know I am and I've only been doing it for a few weeks.
Happy riding.

[wackyjacky1]

3:30 was bad enough, but now it will have to be 3, I'm afraid.

(Because it's still dark out when I go to work, one of my main excuses was not having a headlight/taillight, but I got a nice Planet Bike combo set the other day.)

[NoNo]

Ouch, you're more dedicated than I am. I've been using the later sunrise as an excuse to sleep in a little more on the days I ride in. Can't ride in the dark, you know! I brought in all my stuff so I could ride the next two days and now I just remembered I have to drive in tomorrow to take some huge reports home to my boss Good luck on the ride, let us know how it goes!

[kfergos]

Wow! And I thought I was really sacrificing by getting up at 5:30. At least you shouldn't have too much traffic to contend with.

Give yourself a pat on the back when you're done (and possibly a shower, too...)! Keep us posted on how it goes!

[wackyjacky1]

Woo hoo! I did it!

On the way to work, there's a pretty steep (for me, anyway) 1/2-mile hill that I only got halfway up before I had to walk the rest of it ( ) but otherwise it was a piece o' cake (about 3 miles total -- I forgot to turn on the CatEye, so I don't know for sure). I felt super energized as I started my workday, and that was a nice surprise.

On the way home, I took a slightly more meandering route -- mostly to avoid that damn hill. Had to take two brief rest stops, but made it home in about 20 minutes (3.6 miles). For me, that's making pretty good time. Temp about 92 or so. As I type this, I am still fairly sweaty.

Gotta get a backpack or messenger bag, though, to carry all my crap...

[GLC1968]

Good for you!

It's exciting, isn't it? I rode in this morning and for the first time since we moved to this house I didn't feel tired at all. I'm looking forward to the ride home, too.