Attainable Goal??

[rubysoho]

I'm not completely out of shape but because of general happenings in life I had to put away my bike for almost two years just shortly after purchasing it. I'd say I am still an inexperienced rider. Went out for 5 miles yesterday and am doing pretty good today so can definitely up the mileage (still trying to find my padded shorts!!! ).

Anyway, the National Bike to Work Week is coming up. I'm thinking I'd like to give it a try. There are a few bike paths I can connect and minimal amounts of riding with traffic (though where it would happen is a heavy traffic area so I'm thinking about rerouting that part to avoid the tiny bridge in a very busy commute area).

It would be about 12 miles, one way, on bike (according to google maps). 24 miles in one day. Bike Week is 3 weeks away - I think. Does that seem like a doable goal? I don't think I'd bike every day but at least once or twice that week.

24 miles seems like a lot even though I did 5 easily yesterday (probably could have done 10 but it was close to dinner time and my bf was making his homemade bbq, corn bread, etc... food is a powerful motivator!).