I work full time. My commute's about 17 miles one way, and I do it 4-5 days a week.

It's really a dream commute. It's on a bike path along the beach, and there are long stretches that are wide open and without any traffic controls, so I can turn in a 10 mile time trial anytime I want. That's what I'm doing right now to train for the FC508 (that and the long rides). And our weather is such that I can do that all year long.

The commute is the biggest reason I can enjoy a non-sufferfesty 100 mile, 10,000 foot day in the mountains. It's a lot harder to manage that if you're weekend warrior.

Yea, I'm spoiled. What amazes me is that so few others who live and work in the same corridor do the same thing.

This weekend, it's going to be a 200 mile solo jaunt up the coast from Ventura to San Luis Obispo. If the weather cooperates, it should be pretty sweet.