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06-10-08, 11:47 AM
I moved to LA from Chicago about a month ago, where I was a regular commuter. The moving truck finally arrived, so my bike and I are one again.
It's a short commute, 3.5 miles from Silver Lake to Downtown, but these hills are going to be the death of me. Chicago is as flat as a pancake, the tallest incline on my commute being a railroad overpass. But, I took Hoover -> Temple -> Glendale -> my stupidest decision ever. Instead of hanging left on 2nd when I was already at the same elevation as downtown, I decided to climb up Lucas. My flatlander quads and lungs gave out halfway up.
Since Temple isn't that good of a route, I'll probably go out of my way to run Sunset so I can use the path. I'm hoping that the slight burning at the back of my throat is either psychosomatic an infection, because if it's from the air quality on a decent AQ day, I'm going to be in trouble this summer.
It's a short commute, 3.5 miles from Silver Lake to Downtown, but these hills are going to be the death of me. Chicago is as flat as a pancake, the tallest incline on my commute being a railroad overpass. But, I took Hoover -> Temple -> Glendale -> my stupidest decision ever. Instead of hanging left on 2nd when I was already at the same elevation as downtown, I decided to climb up Lucas. My flatlander quads and lungs gave out halfway up.
Since Temple isn't that good of a route, I'll probably go out of my way to run Sunset so I can use the path. I'm hoping that the slight burning at the back of my throat is either psychosomatic an infection, because if it's from the air quality on a decent AQ day, I'm going to be in trouble this summer.