My commute is a little short of 10 miles each way. The way in trends downhill, meaning the ride home trends uphill. So, I have the harder ride in the afternoon when I'm more tired.

I just started looking at the option of taking a bus for the last three miles homeward. Some time soon there's going to be a construction project that will effect only the ride home. To detour around it will add 2 miles. Add that to the extra climbing on the way home and it's starting to sound a bit like misery. The bus option would carry me the last 3 miles and bypass the construction detour. It's also starting to sound like a good option for those days when the homeward commute feels like too much.