Commuting & hair

[Becky]

There's a lot of threads on this topic. Here's what I posted in another one- it definitely applies here as well.

I have a shower at work and never use it. It's just too far away from the hot water heater to be useful (unless you want to wait 20 minutes for hot water ).

For most days, just a quick toweling off and some deodorant suffices. If it's really humid out, I might touch up with a baby wipe or two. Just putting on clean clothes makes me feel cleaner.

I keep a stash of all my toiletries and makeup in my desk, so it's easy to have the same "get ready" routine at work that I have at home.

It's been a long time since I've had anything even close to long hair, but longer hair worked better for me post-bike than shorter styles did. And then I got fed up and chopped it all off. It's now about two inches long all around

My commute is ~9 miles each way. Riding my bike really only adds around 20 minutes of travel time over driving. My getting-ready time is still the same- it's just in a different place. It's worth it to me to give up 40 extra minutes a day to get over an hour's worth of exercise. It's worth a try, right?