How Was Your Commute Today?

[7rider]

Holy smokes. Where did that fog come from this morning???

[pfunk12]

I loved it! It was sooooo quiet this morning and so pleasant. Wonderful way to start the day. Now...time to work.

Holy smokes. Where did that fog come from this morning???

[Melalvai]

I biked to work today! For such an uneventful ride and common occurrence, I have a lot to say.

I was a little nervous but the bigger problem is my brain kept wanting to go "there", until I saw someone I know walking his 2 black dogs. (I recognize the dogs first every time.) He said "You're on your bike!" intelligently and I laughed "Yeah!" (Afterward he felt dumb for saying such an obvious thing but it didn't seem obvious to me exactly!) That broke the loop and I was able to enjoy the rest of my ride and my swim.

Coming home for lunch was a little nervous again as I made that fateful left turn. I was prepared to pull off the road and cross it on foot, but there was no traffic at all.

In the evening I was a little nervous again because there was so much traffic. I kept looking behind me. I remembered during my LCI training, the instructor told me that I needed to scan more, and I thought "I bet I'm scanning enough for him NOW".

After the morning ride, the bigger problem continued to be that my brain just wanted to go "there" when I was on my bike. I assume that will get better.

Another first today is that my daughter did her first full day of school since her wreck (Friday she went in the afternoon). I thought she'd be exhausted but she had more energy than I did tonight.

[Catrin]

Congratulations on your successful commute! This was a great step, and perfectly understandable why your mind kept wanting to go "there".

[pfunk12]

Congrats, Melalvai! On both your commute and your daughter's full day at school.

Today was the first time that I commuted to work when it was actually raining. I've been caught in the rain many times during my commutes but if it's raining at 5:30 a.m., I normally don't take the bike. But I've purchased some rain gear recently and it was time to use it.

It was a great commute. I felt like I was the only one out there and actually...I was until I got to the Lincoln Memorial and I saw 2 other cyclists. Another peaceful, quiet morning. It wasn't raining too hard when I started but it really started to come down when I got to Georgetown (about mile 10).

I LOVE my new Showers Pass jacket and I LOVE my new OverBoard waterproof backpack.

[7rider]

I LOVE my new OverBoard waterproof backpack.

That's not the one that Cataboo recommended from Costco, is it??
I didn't commute today. I planned to be off the bike, anyway, and taking a Circuit Training class at my Fitness Center.
Unfortunately, I threw out my back this a.m., and I'm now dosed on 800 mg Ibuprofen anxiously awaiting a return call from my chiropractor telling me to come in for a fix! I don't think I'll be doing much of anything today except whimpering.

[pfunk12]

Ooh...sorry to hear that! Back pain is no fun.

It is the backpack that Cataboo recommended. I found it on Amazon for $30 so I jumped on it. I love it.

That's not the one that Cataboo recommended from Costco, is it??
Unfortunately, I threw out my back this a.m., and I'm now dosed on 800 mg Ibuprofen anxiously awaiting a return call from my chiropractor telling me to come in for a fix! I don't think I'll be doing much of anything today except whimpering.