My (much) better half drove me to work with my bike and I rode home. We have a restricted access route that employees are allowed to ride on that leads to a rural dead-end road (no cars for 99% of the ride). But today I decided to try and ride home on the XC ski trail instead of the road. Well, now I can say I did it, but I won't do it again any time soon. There is a reason it is a ski trail and not a bike trail, which is true for many ski trails I have tried riding on. I was able to ride ~95% of the 7 km trail, but it was extremely exhausting - there were only a few spots where I was able to roll at more than a couple km/h. Swampy parts, large irregularly shaped rocks, corduroy road sections, which are all common on ski trails around here, made it the most demanding commute home in a while.