Today was my first commute to school. Holy crap it wore me out! I've been spending most of my time on the trainer and the stationary bikes at the gym--can never compare. My commute is 5.5 miles to the train station (I ride an express bus to school) and it was tough. Plenty of wind too. Weather was particularly nice and clear today. I'm in the Santa Clara/San Jose are and ride down El Camino Real--crazy. People have no mercy when they're driving onto and off of the freeway. But I had more trouble with other bicyclists blasting up behind me, guys on bikes asking to mail in a card for a Jesus video, bicyclist riding on the wrong side of the road, etc. Giant trucks killing me with their smog, bus drivers just pretending I don't exist, cars driving way too close to me. And all the cracks and pot holes!