Since I would have to pay for parking at work, and I am a cheap SOB, that's motivation enough. I warm up inside on my wife's stationary bike, and then half way through getting all of my cold gear on, I feel so overheated that it is a pleasure to go outside. NC is a bit different than MA, but we did have some days in the teens last year. I found it challenging to figure out the right combination of clothing layers. No matter how I dressed, I was sweating by the time I got to work.

Now - getting up in the dark is something that I hate. When it still is dark when I leave, I hate that more. But when I ride to work in the dark and it's dark when I get back home - I wonder why I just don't hibernate!

-Gary