Originally Posted by rpecot

Great post.

A week ago, I bought my wife a bike. She is very gung-ho about riding, and that makes me happy. So in addition to my usual once a week 40-mile round trip commute and weekend group ride (we really pushed it last weekend), I rode twice with the wife. With the extra miles and extra effort, I decided I would lay off the bike commute this week and give my legs a rest.

Now that school is back in session, the car-commute time has more than doubled. Each day this week, I would have made it to work in less time by biking. Each morning, I find myself looking over at the path that parallels the Interstate, hoping to see a bike commuter riding in (wishing it was me?). This week, I have found myself longing to ride my bike in to work instead of driving.

My only regret about my bike commute is that I'm not able to do it more often. 40 miles a day is definitely a workout. And my work schedule sometimes does not allow it. I'm trying to wait for cooler weather before I up my frequency to twice a week, but I don't know if I can wait that long.