Originally Posted by
BobbyG
I am fortunate enough to have bus service less than a quarter mile from my home and office, and I have used that in situations like yours, It can take up to 90 minutes, versus ~50 for the ride home (~40 for the ride to work) and ~25 minutes driving.
My commute is ~15 kilometer and I couldn't imagine running it.
Kudos on that.
How old are you?
Thanks for the kudos
I was/am a runner for many years before taking up cycling again, so running 18 km was not a big deal as I routinely run this distance on the weekends.
Like most of you who commute by bike I have a plan B, C, and even D. Plan A, of course, is always to ride, but on this occasion running home was my plan B as the accumulation on the ground wasn't so deep to make running on it difficult. Had it become difficult to run (on snow more than an inch or so), I would have resorted to plan C, which was to hitch a ride from a colleague who lives about 6 km from my home. I could run 6 km on one-inch of snow, but 18? No. Plan C would have required me to wait around for an extra hour for the colleague to finish up his work.
Plan D was to take transit. And plan E was to call wife, who did offer to come pick up, but I would never have let it get that far. Driving under those conditions would have been just as bad as riding.
FWIW, I am turning 49 this year, but age is just a number. I am not defined by it
