OK, I got up at 4:45, to be ready to leave at 5:45. Gear and bike all packed and clothes at work. Ar 5:50 i was ready and getting nervous. I went up to say goodbye to my husband and I just wimped out. My excuse was that we have state testing today and i didn't think I would have enough time to get there, clean up and then do all of the things I had to do by 7:35. This turned out to be true (I barely got done even though I arrived at 6:45), but I still feel like a wimp.
I commuted regularly one or two days a week before I moved. My last house was 6.7 hilly miles to my school. Now, the car commute is about 13.5, but getting there on a bike requires some rerouting that could be anywhere between 15-18 miles. Not huge mileage for me, but it requires a lot of planning with allowing enough time.When I commute, I ride slower, so this ride could take me up to an hour and 15 minutes. Oh well.
I did ride when I got home, thankfully, after ten days of no riding, because of the rain. Usual 16 mile, loop, skies cloudy, threatening rain, then sunny, about 65 degrees. I was wearing a long sleeve regular jersey and knickers. I had to push up my sleeves, but the knickers were OK. I felt like it had been longer than ten days not being on the bike (but going to the gym), but my average was the same: 15.7 before the big climb up my street and 15.2 after the climb. I am really behind in my mileage for the year.