Any Omaha Nebraska Commuters?

[carpaltunnel]

That sounds very sustainable.

Let's see, 2.4 miles one way or 4.8 round trip, * roughly 46 calories/mile at my body weight, with 3500 calories in a pound, I could lose or keep off a pound every 15 days! (I know the charts tell you how many calories uphill vs down, but I figure for every up you have a down & vice versa, so I don't get too fussy about that.)

How long have you been commuting? What effect has it had on your health? Have you channged your work attire since commuting by bike?
Thanks for sharing your experience.

[MomOnBike]

I just got this job in October, right after Younger Daughter left for college. In addition to a mess in the bathroom, she left behind a rather substantial tuition bill. So I got another job.

I don't think it affected my health any, but the person who works in the same small room as I do agrees that I'm much happier on the days I ride. I'm not too sure I could have handled the hill if I hadn't been putting pretty good mileage on the bike beforehand, though. I regularly get in the mid-20's from a standstill in a three-block stretch. No, I'm no sprinter, I'm a fat old broad; it's all gravity.

DH bike commutes too. On snowy/rainy/#$%@!! cold days, we share a car ride and either he picks me up after work or I walk home. I find it humerous, I take off walking, and people act like I'm off on a dangerous trek. They are not comforted when I tell them that the walk is only 2 miles. It may as well be a hundred in their minds.

Work attire is pretty simple there, slacks and The Ugliest Shirt In The Universe. I wear something rather nice under said shirt to liven things up. It's rather nice in the winter, 'cause I just put my jogging suit (pants & jacket) on over my work clothes and off I go. Ideally, there is only one layer to strip when I get there - plus a shoe change. I'm pretty immune to cold, so I'm comfy. Things are less simple in the sweaty part of the year.

I haven't lost any weight. Part of that can be attributed to the fact that I'm typing and not moving at work, but mostly because it's a doctor's office and the drug reps deliver lunch daily. DaVinci's is not good for weight loss. I've saved a ton on lunch money, though.

[carpaltunnel]

Mine are through college now, but they left a mess in the bathroom and bills too. Did yours take your favorite records and books as though everything in the house was theirs? Mine took things I owned before I had them, for Pete's sake. Whoops, topic drift.

On my drive to work last week I noticed a business with a nice big parking lot right where I'd like to leave my car and start biking. But it's an insurance company. Can't you just imagine what they'd say if I asked to park there.

Um...no because you might get hurt after you leave the lot, and sue us because we didn't warn you... But, hey, if you sign this release and purchase a policy...

[MomOnBike]

About that parking lot. Is it posted "Nobody But Our Corporate Drones Get to Park Here. No Exceptions!"? I'd bet not. What would happen if you just drove in like you owned the place and did your thing? My guess is that nobody would notice. I'd go for it. Of course, I might refrain from parking in any spaces marked as reserved for a Big Shot...or not, come to think about it.

As for the Stuff my daughter took. Yeah, she cleaned my out pretty well - the things she hadn't already broken. That kid, it's a good thing I love her.

[carpaltunnel]

- the things she hadn't already broken

They're all alike!