My commute is 12.50 miles one way. I get up at 7:45 and am out the door at 8:00. I bring two bottles of Gatorade with me, one for the trip to work and one for the trip home.

Starting out, my commute is aweful! All I do is climb hills for the first 1 1/2 miles. I then get a breather of downhills and recover. After that, I am fine the rest of the way. There is a Waffle House a half block from work. I stop there and get 4 eggs without yolks, grits, toast, orange juice, and Special K.

There was an article in this months Cycling Plus magazine that said not to eat before the commute. It said to drink liquids and eat during the commute or right after. It says that if you eat within 2 hours of a commute, or any bicycle ride, that is not enough time to digest the food. The energy required to digest the food will reallocted to your muscles for the ride and the food will just sit in your stomach and make you feel bloated.