I'm doing 37 things
Well, I would say definitely mixed results. I’ve been meaning to do this for months, but I finally got on the stick today. I actually took my cheap old bike and locked it up at the park and ride location yesterday, then today I drove to the park and ride, loaded the bike onto the bus, road the bus into Midtown, got my bike off and rode about 2 miles to work (we have shower facilities there, so that helped).
The good: great exercise, will help save a little bit of money compared to fuel and wear and tear on my car, I feel good about doing it, no driving stress, took a little catnap on the way home and felt recharged
the bad: Combined standing around wait time of about 50 minutes, the hills kicked my butt — badly (combination of me being out of shape and my bike being set to the wrong height and being a piece of crap), broke a pretty good sweat getting back to the bus in the afternoon heat (I guess it was good I had a 25 minutes too cool down waiting for the bus — thank goodness I don’t stink when I sweat), hauling a backpack filled with work clothes/shoes and a separate bag with my lunch and work stuff strapped to the bike was cumbersome plus dealing with the helmet.
The bottom line: It took a total of 3 hours of commute time today. Waaay too long for my current life. It normally takes me 65-75 minutes total when I drive. I am not shutting the door, but I need to make some refinements to make this work on a regular basis. I only got to see my daughter for an hour and a half today before her bedtime.
