Biking and working

[Cassandra_Cain]

how far are you biking? some of us find that the exercise GIVES us energy in the long run.

and it takes a while to build your strength up.

I agree with Tabby on this one....I am much more energetic, vibrant, dynamic, etc when I ride to work than when I drive (like today).

As far as building up your strength, that's just how it is. When I started increasing my distances on weekends, I found the bike commute became rather easy.

[iFKA]

It would be nice if I could drive to work but I can't cause we have dress-code so sport clothing is out of the question, and another problem is that there is no place where I could left my bike (without thinking is it there still).

I'll try 15 min relaxing, I'm sure it will fill my batteries up a little bit. Hope it will work cause I'm sure it'll be useful in the future you when I'd had to deal with my job, kids, pets, husband, hobbies...

p.s.congratulations to all the girls who succeed in combining all that - you're my heroines (is that the word for women heroes )

[HappyAnika]

Making the transition from being a student to working 8 - 5 is really draining and difficult at first. I found it frustrating to be "trapped" for 9 hours day when I was used to having such a flexible schedule. It took me about a month or so to get over it, but what I did love was not having to study or do work on the weekends. For me, its hard to fit in long rides during the week unless I'm commuting, which you said you can't do. I agree its about priorities. When I was gearing up for my first metric I felt like I really needed to be putting more miles in, so I set a lot of other things aside (house projects, house cleaning, cooking) and rode as much as I wanted to. I once had a boss who said to me "You are only one person, and you can only do as much as one person can do." Its like the people who say they just don't have time to excercise, I say, I just don't have time to watch TV!