1st my commute was 17 miles, then it shrunk to 13 miles, which I feel is the perfect distance, then when I got my own apt it shrunk to 6 miles which was really too short for the bother. at 6 miles I should have started running it, but that's too far to be practical. now it's grown to 22-25 miles depending on the turns and that's too far to be enjoyable on a daily bassis, and certainly not year round. I do miss those golden days of the 13 mile commute, lightning fast in the morning and so so satisfying when I got home at night.