OK this is coming from someone who was afraid to ride on the parkway here (less traffic) in March! I am now not worried about the traffic , there are lots of back roads I can take, my main problem is the hills, that is why I thought about driving 1/2 way, so I could avoid some of them, they aren't little! I ride them all the time but I am not real fast over them and it would take me a while to get to work, that means getting up earlier My gym is about 1/2 way so I thought about parking there and biking, I could come back and get some weight training in and some running/swimming. (my P/T wants me to try swimming again)

Hey, maybe if I try 1/2 way I will realize that the full ride won't be a problem! I tend to push myself like that, I don't ride real fast but I can go a long time - anyone have that "I will ride just to the top of the hill" only to see the drop and think it would be cool to go down? forget the ride back up!