How do I get motivated again??

[Deanna]

Regina,

Your commute can really help you reach the 2500 miles you signed up for. My standard commute is only 4.3 miles each way. I do it 3-4 times a week, with a few longer distances thrown in during the long days of summer. I track my miles on bike journal and the commute miles are also tracked on my clubs website. I ended up with 2300 commute miles - almost half of my total miles for the year! Those little distances add up!

[marybee]

In spite of having lights, I still don't like riding in the dark. You can't see potholes, even with a bright front light, you can't go fast. When daylight savings and the winter rolls around, I just bag the whole idea of commuting. (Of course, here it gets cold too, so that's a factor.)

[Geonz]

My Gazelle's light finds those potholes - and besides, it's my commute route, I kmow where they are already! The addiction has simply taken over and I can no longer use darkness as a reason to refrain from cycling .. and I feel like those miles "count more" because I might have driven them.